Yü

Pinyin, Yu

[yy]

noun

1. a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.

yu

¹

abbreviation

1. (formerly) Yugoslavia

2. the former Union of Serbia and Montenegro

YU

²

abbreviation

1. (formerly) Yugoslavia

Word History and Origins

Origin of yu¹

from Yugoslavia

Example Sentences

"Put simply, what happens in this relationship matters to the rest of the world," Chietigj Bajpaee and Yu Jie of Chatham House wrote in a recent editorial.

From BBC

"Leveraging each of their advantages - China's manufacturing prowess, India's service sector strengths, and Russia's natural resource endowment - they can work to reduce their dependence on the United States to diversify their export markets and ultimately reshape global trade flows," Bajpaee and Yu said in their editorial.

From BBC

Yu Darvish for San Diego — continue rather than reflexively remove him for the third time through the lineup.

From Los Angeles Times

Rookie infielder Alex Freeland hit his first career home run in the third inning, opening the scoring on a hanging sweeper from Yu Darvish.

From Los Angeles Times

He explains that discussing the novel “Interior Chinatown,” which confronts the interplay of representation and identity, with author Charles Yu was one of the things that made him think about what it would be like to address his own identity in his work.

From Los Angeles Times