Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word DU
DU
Definitions of DU
- Initialism of depleted uranium.
- Initialism of Dobson unit.
- Initialism of University of Denver.
Number of letters
2
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using DU in a Sentence
- The Burundi National Defence Force (French: Force de Défense Nationale du Burundi, or FDNB) is the state military organisation responsible for the defence of Burundi.
- His most famous work, a book of lyric poetry titled Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil), expresses the changing nature of beauty in the rapidly industrialising Paris caused by Haussmann's renovation of Paris during the mid-19th century.
- Much of its head staff, including Bazin, Doniol-Valcroze, Lo Duca, and the various younger, less-established critics, had met and shared their beliefs about film through their involvement in the publication of Revue du Cinéma from 1946 until its final issue in 1948; Cahiers was created as a successor to this earlier magazine.
- 757 – The poet Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion.
- French Guinea was established by France in 1891, within the same borders as its previous colony known as Rivières du Sud (1882–1891).
- His conduct of affairs having displeased the French king, he was recalled from his post by Oldenbarneveldt in 1614, after the French ambassador Benjamin Aubery du Maurier had demanded Aarsens' recall.
- The Théâtre du Grand-Guignol was founded in 1897 by Oscar Méténier, who planned it as a space for naturalist performance.
- He and his friend Du Fu (712–770) were two of the most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry under the Tang dynasty, which is often called the "Golden Age of Chinese Poetry".
- Its branches are the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince and the Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Monaco.
- 1364 – Hundred Years' War: Bertrand du Guesclin and a French army defeat the Anglo-Navarrese army of Charles the Bad at Cocherel.
- Tremblay's first professionally produced play, Les Belles-Sœurs, was written in 1965 and premiered at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert on August 28, 1968.
- Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel, dedicated to fighting desertification and drought; based in Tunis, Tunisia.
- In 1972 Mali, Mauritania and Senegal founded the Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS) to manage the river basin.
- The country consists primarily of two savanna plains regions separated by a southwest–northeast range of hills (the Chaîne du Togo).
- February 15 – Molière's comedy Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre, based on the Spanish legend of the womanizer Don Juan Tenorio and Tirso de Molina's Spanish play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra, premieres in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal.
- The Roman aqueduct Pont du Gard is constructed, running for 50 km, ending at Nîmes (approximate date).
- January 11 – French writer Charles Perrault releases the book Histoires ou contes du temps passé (literally "Tales of Past Times", known in England as "Mother Goose tales") in Paris, a collection of popular fairy tales, including Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Red Riding Hood, The Sleeping Beauty and Bluebeard.
- The use of DU in munitions is controversial because of concerns about potential long-term health effects.
- Don Carlos is an 1867 five-act grand opéra composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle.
- The Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon, a cooperation structure of 16 communes, had 197,102 inhabitants in 2022.
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