Tutu

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Tutu stands for:

  • Tutu (ballet) (pronounced as [ tyˈtyː ]), short tutu
  • Tutu (god) , ancient Sumerian deity that dates back to the 4th millennium BC. Was worshiped by the Sumerians
  • Tutu (plant) , on Māori several poisonous plants of the Coriaria ( tanner bushes ) in New Zealand
  • Tutu , ancient Egyptian god of the sun and creation, who has only been documented since the late period, see Tithoes
  • Tutu , ethnic mix of the Rwandan ethnic groups Tutsi and Hutu
  • Tutu (album) , an album by Miles Davis released in 1986, and its title track
  • Tutu (US Virgin Islands) , a commune on St. Thomas


Tutu is the family name of the following people:

  • Desmond Tutu (* 1931), South African bishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
  • Jordi Osei-Tutu (* 1998), English football player
  • Osei Tutu I (* 16 ??; † 1717), founder and king of the Ashanti Empire on the Gold Coast in Africa
  • Osei Tutu II. (* 1950), the 16th Asantehene of the Ashanti people in Ghana
  • Skelley Adu Tutu (* 1979), Ghanaian soccer player


See also:

Wiktionary: Tutu  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations