FromLatinaurum.
Au
- (chemistry)Chemical symbol forgold.
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Au
- A language spoken in Sandaun Province,Papua New Guinea.
Borrowed fromCantonese歐／欧 (ou1) or區／区 (ou1) (Doublet ofAo), or fromGermanAu.
Au
- Asurname.
- According to the 2010 United States Census,Au is the 4919th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7148 individuals.Au is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (83.07%) individuals.
FromMiddle High Germanouwe
Au f
- (Uri)ewe
- Auch(Kölsch)
- Ooch(Bönnsch, northern Moselle Franconian)
FromOld High Germanouga.
Au n
- (southern Moselle Franconian)eye
Au f (genitiveAu,pluralAuen)
- (chiefly Southern Germany, Austria, South Tyrol)apocopic form ofAue
Declension ofAu [feminine]
Au n (proper noun,genitiveAusor(optionally with an article)Au)
- amunicipality ofVorarlberg,Austria
- amunicipality ofSaint Gallen canton,Switzerland
Declension ofAu [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
1Optionally with an article.
FromCentral FranconianOoch.
Au n (pluralAue,diminutiveAuelche)
- eye
- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Au”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
