Danu

See also: danu, danů, Danů, dañu, dànù, dánu, dånü, and dāņu

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Burmese ဓနု (dha.nu.).

Proper noun

Danu

1. An ethnic group in Myanmar.
   • 1899, James George Scott, John Percy Hardiman, Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States, Volume 1, Part 1, page 563:

     Everywhere the Danu wears the turban and jacket of the Burman, but in most cases he prefers the Shan trousers to the Burmese loin-cloth.

2. The language spoken by the Danu people, considered by the Burmese government to be a dialect of the Intha-Danu language.

Translations

Burmese ethnic group

• Burmese: ဓနု (my) (dha.nu.)
• Pa'o Karen: ဓနုꩻ
• Shan: တၼူႉ (tǎ nṵ̂u), ထၼူႉ (thǎ nṵ̂u), မၢၼ်ႈထၼူႉ (māan thǎ nṵ̂u)

See also

• Intha
• Intha-Danu

Further reading

• Intha-Danu language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Irish, from a reconstructed nominative form of the genitive Danann (also spelled Donand or Danand).

In particular, Danann is attested in the term Tuatha Dé Danann, which is typically translated "tribe of Danu" but used as the collective name for certain Irish gods (or, more prosaically, the people of a particular wave of immigration to Ireland, in the traditional history).

The etymology is controversial and has been debated since the 19th century. Some scholars identify Danu with the goddess Anu, perhaps as a contraction of día Anu ("goddess Anu").

Proper noun

Danu

1. (Irish mythology) A hypothesised goddess of Irish mythology.
   • 1897, The Westminster Review, Volume 148: July-December 1897, page 17:

     This [battle] appears in Celtic history as that in which the Tuatha dè Danann, the tribes of the goddess Danu fought and conquered the Fir Bolg on Midsummer's Day.

   • 1897, W. B. Yeats, “The Tribes of Danu”, in The New Review, Volume 17: July-December 1897, William Heinemann, page 550:

     The old poets thought that the tribes of the goddess Danu were of a perfect beauty, and the creators of beautiful people and beautiful arts.

   • 1987, Peter Alderson Smith, W. B. Yeats and the Tribes of Danu: Three Views of Ireland's Fairies, C. Smythe, page 52,

     She may be the same as Danu, or she may be the same as the Morrigu.

Further reading

• Tuatha Dé Danann on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit दनु (danu).

Proper noun

Danu

1. (religion, Hinduism) A Hindu primordial goddess who had numerous children.

Derived terms

• danava (child of Danu)
• Dewi Danu (Balinese Hindu goddess)

Anagrams

• Duan, Duna, Düna, duan

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdanu]
• Rhymes: -anu
• Hyphenation: Da‧nu

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Danu

1. dative/locative singular of Dan

Synonyms

• (dative and locative of "Dan"): Danovi

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Danu

1. accusative singular of Dana

Anagrams

• duna
• nuda