isu

I1S1U1

noun

An individual seat in the loft-like balcony of a sumo arena.

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isu-sekimul:SIIllinois StateIndiana StateIowa State
OriginJapanese 椅子 →
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Meanings

isu1

nounisu (plural isu)
  1. governmentAn individual seat in the loft-like balcony of a sumo arena.

    Synonyms: isu-seki

ISU2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationhistoricalinitialismInitialism of Immigration Service Union.
  2. abbreviationdatedinitialismrareInitialism of International System of Units.

    Synonyms: mul:SI

  3. PhilippinesabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Isabela State University.
  4. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Illinois State University.

    Synonyms: Illinois State

  5. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Indiana State University.

    Synonyms: Indiana State

  6. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Iowa State University.

    Synonyms: Iowa State

  7. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Indigenous Students' Union.

    The University of Alberta’s Indigenous Students’ Union (ISU) is offering free Dene Kǝdǝ́ language lessons from March 7 to June 27. […] Goodrunning had previously put on an Indigenous language bingo night with the help of former ISU President Malijha Moyan.

    2025 March 26, Leah Hennig, “ISU offering free Dene Kǝdǝ́ language lessons”, in The Gateway

Isu3

proper noun
  1. A Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.

    It is our sincere hope that the Isu Language Committee and eventually the whole Isu community may revise and approve this proposal, and find the resulting writing system both useful and easy to learn.

    2014, Stephen C. Anderson, ISU ORTHOGRAPHY GUIDE, SIL, page iii

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn individual seat in the loft-like balcony of a sumo arena.

Similar
isu-seki

Origin

  1. Japanese椅子
  2. Japanese椅子
  3. Englishisu

Borrowed from Japanese 椅子.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

suiSIU
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APA

isu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isu

MLA

“isu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isu. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “isu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isu.

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