GRU

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GRU^¹

noun GRUs

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of gated recurrent unit

GRU^²

Where it comes from

From Russian ГРУ (GRU), through phonetic transliteration of Гла́вное Разве́дывательное Управле́ние (Glávnoje Razvédyvatelʹnoje Upravlénije) and acronymizing.

proper noun

The Main Intelligence Directorate — the Soviet and then the Russian military intelligence agency. Apparently nobody ever expects the GRU, Russian Military Intelligence.

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name Soviet and Russian GRU

中文	格魯烏 /格鲁乌 Gélǔwū
Русский	ГРУ GRU

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@misc{gru_2026,
  title = {GRU},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gru},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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