Au
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Au or AU may refer to:
[edit] In science
- Astronomical unit (AU, au, a.u., or ua), a unit of length approximately equal to the average distance between the Earth and the Sun
- Atomic units (au), a system of measurement units based on fundamental atomic properties
- The chemical symbol of Gold (Au)
[edit] In computing
- .au Internet country code top-level domain for Australia
- au file format, Sun Microsystems' audio format
- Audio Units plug-in programming interface from Apple Computer
[edit] Organisations
- Aarhus University
- Adventure Unlimited
- African Union
- Alfred University
- Allahabad University
- American University
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- Andrews University, located in Michigan, USA and affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Anderson University
- Athabasca University
- au (mobile phone operator), of Japan
- Auburn University
- Austral Lineas Aereas (IATA airline code AU)
[edit] Places
- Andrews University
- Australia (WMO and ISO country code digram); see ISO 3166-2:AU for subdivisions
- Austria (FIPS 10-4 and obsolete NATO country code digram)
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Adelaide United, a football (soccer) club
- AU, Alternative Ulster, music magazine based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- Au (squat), a well-known squatted building in Frankfurt, Germany
- Aú is a cartwheel in the Brazilian martial art of Capoeira
- Alternative universe (fan fiction), a fan fiction term
- Annals of Ulster, in Irish historical writings
- Athletic Union, the union of sports clubs in a British university
- Au (區 or 歐) is a family name in Hong Kong
- Au, predecessors of the Vietnamese people
- Ford AU Falcon: A car that was sold in Australia and New Zealand from 1998 to 2002
[edit] Au or Aue- earlier Ouwe in geography
Au or Aue is an old Germanic word for stream, larger rivulet, or smaller river, a cognate of several rivers Aa and with Å in Swedish. Therefore, Au or Aue (earlier Old High German ouw(i)a or MHG ouwe, owe) are used in connection with the names of many towns and places. Related are territories, named Gau or Gaue.
Samples:
- Germany
- Switzerland
- Au, Schaffhausen
- Au, Thurgau
- Au, Zürich
- Au, St. Gallen
- Austria
- Au am Anzbach
- Au am Kraking
- Au am Leithaberge
- Au an der Donau
- Au an der Traun
- Au bei Brandstatt
- Au bei der Traun
- Au bei Ed
- Au bei Hischmannsberg
- Au bei hohen Steg
- Au bei Natternbach
- Au bei Sirfling
- Au bei Turnau
- Au im Bregenzerwald
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