There are several English words containing two consecutive
u's. Most of them came into English from Latin:
Vacuum = a space
Continuum = a continuous sequence
Residuum = a chemical residue
Menstruum = the matter discharged during menstruation
Triduum= a three-day period of religious observance in the
Catholic Church
Duumvir = each of a pair of magistrates holding joint office
in ancient Rome
Duumvirate = a coalition of two people having joint
authority
All but the first two words on this list are quite rare,
though, or are only likely to be encountered in specialist contexts. There are
also a couple of other words containing two u's in a row that have come into
English from other languages:
Muumuu = a loose dress of a kind traditionally worn in
Hawaii (from Hawaiian)
Weltanschauung = the world view of a particular individual
or group (from German)
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