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michael | yu |

As a proper noun Michael

is a given name derived from Hebrew.

As a noun yu is

{{cx|archaeology|countable|lang=en}} An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.

michael

English

Etymology 1

From Vulgate (etyl) Michael, Michahel, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* Michaell

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1629 , , Meditations upon Creed'', ''The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862) , volume 3, page 212:
    • Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel'' or ''Michael , giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
  • * 2008 , , The Northern Clemency , Harpercollins, ISBN 9780007174799, page 498:
    • He works in the steelworks, the boyfriend, on the factory floor. I'd say that was quite unusual, he's called Michael'. Insists on that, he does, not being called Mike or Micky or Mick, pretends not to hear you, then, "No, my name's actually ' Michael ."
  • (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) An archangel associated with defending Israel in the tribulation.
  • *
    • And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people.
  • *
    • And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.
    Derived terms
    * Michael acceptor * Michael addition * Michael donor * Michael reaction * take the Michael
    Related terms
    * (pet forms) Mick, Mickey, Micky, Mike, Mikey * (variants) Miles, Mitchell * (feminine forms) Michaela, Michele, Michelle

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) Michael.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .

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    yu

    English

    (wikipedia yu)

    Noun

  • An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
  • * 1962 , William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes (page 34)
    • A group of slenderer yu''''' also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design A '''''yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these.
  • Nephrite or jadeite.
  • * 1818 , Clarke Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China , page 133:
    • The Yu , although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms
  • * 1826 , The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies :
    • Another stone with which it would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, conjectured to be a species of nephrite
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