antu

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1. A Mesopotamian goddess, the feminine counterpart of Anu.

   “[...] since the goddess Antu did not hold a prominent status at Uruk before the fifth century. The primary purpose of MLC 1890 was evidently to present Antu as universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location.”

   “Line 3 of MLC 1890 clearly introduces Antu as the goddess par excellence by juxtaposing […]”

   “There is no mention of the goddess Antu in texts from Uruk prior to the first millennium. In the Neo - Babylonian period she occurs only in YOS 3,62, a letter sent to the šatammu of Eanna.”

2. A county of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China.

   “The map was of the Antu county of Laoling with a scale of one to 250,000, “the locality where Downey and Fecteau were scheduled to pick up agent Li Chun Ying from their aircraft,” the broadcast said and added that the spot was "clearly marked with a pencil."”

   “On their persons they had a detailed map of Antu County in Kirin Province of China and a Chinese-English conversation sheet. Downey admitted that earlier he had trained agents who were air-dropped into China and had contacted them.”

   “The tactics of the General culminated in victory in the battle of Hualatzu, Antu county in March 1940, the battle of Yangtsaokou, Tungnancha, Antu county in April, the battle of Shihliping, Holung county in May and the subsequent battle of Yulangtsun, Holung county.”

   “Our first stop is in Antu County, Kirin Province, a rugged and hilly extension of the Changpai foothills. The temperature in midsummer lingers around 20° C.”

   “In this large-scale operation of advance into the homeland we plan to dispatch the KPRA in three directions: The main unit will cross the Amnok River and push towards Hyesan, a strongpoint of frontier guards of the Japanese imperialists; another unit is to skirt Mt. Paektu and push on, by way of Antu and Helong, to the northern border area adjoining the Tuman River; and the third unit is to advance as far as the Linjiang and Changbai areas on the shore of the Amnok River.”

3. A surname.