GULU

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulu mean? 

• GULU (noun)
  The noun GULU has 1 sense:

1. a city in northern Uganda

  Familiarity information: GULU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in northern Uganda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Gulu" is a part of...):

Republic of Uganda; Uganda (a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962)

 Context examples 

Importantly, the monkeys infected in the study were exposed to different strains of Sudan virus (Gulu) and Lassa virus (0043/LV/14) than those in the candidate vaccine to help the researchers determine whether the vaccine would be cross-protective.

(Study vaccine protects monkeys against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruse, National Institutes of Health)