Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation first name unknown
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- initialism First Name Unknown (used as a given name on birth certificates or airline reservations when the first name is unknown)
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If you are in Regina this weekend and miss the FNU Pow Wow .... well, you will really miss something!
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If you are in Regina this weekend and miss the FNU Pow Wow .... well, you will really miss something!
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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After getting her settled inside, I went back out to plant seeds - a FNU-LNU thing I call the "dollar plant" and some catalpa tree seeds I collected from seed pods I dried inside over the winter.
Three Cheers for Positive Results Field Notes 2007
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After getting her settled inside, I went back out to plant seeds - a FNU-LNU thing I call the "dollar plant" and some catalpa tree seeds I collected from seed pods I dried inside over the winter.
Archive 2007-03-01 Field Notes 2007
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In two days I'm going house hunting in FNU-ville and there is a heat wave complete with insane humidity levels.
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In an embarrassing security breach, an Arabic interpreter who handled classified material while working for the last two years with U.S. military units in Iraq has been arrested after FBI agents discovered that he had so completely fabricated his identity and background that they are still unsure of his true name and have formally charged him as 'FNU LNU' (first name unknown, last name unknown).
OpEdNews - Quicklink: U.S. Military Interpreter Charged As Fraud 2005
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Regina-based FNU has around 800 students and gets the largest proportion of funding the federal government earmarks for aboriginal post-secondary studies.
Toronto Sun 2010
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FNU Vice Chancellor, Dr Ganesh Chand congratulated the students adding they were fortunate to be part of a historic event.
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One hundred and twenty three students graduated with nursing qualifications today as part of the first graduation ceremony within the FNU since its establishment earlier last month.
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It means the feds will have given FNU $7 million to help it through to the end of the current fiscal year in
Toronto Sun 2010
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