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Au has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia

2

a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)

3

Abbreviation of atomic units.

4

Initialism of astronomical unit.

Proper Noun
1

Initialism of African Union.

2

A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

3

A surname, from Chinese of Chinese origin.

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