nabu

1. 1.

   Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools

   SynonymsNebo

   BroaderSemitic deity

   Babylon

Other forms of nabu

plural

nabus·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nabu

What does nabu mean?

nabu means "Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools".

How many syllables are in nabu?

nabu has 2 syllables: na-bu. The stress falls on "na".

What is another word for nabu?

Close synonyms include Nebo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nabu a common word?

nabu is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.