Chemical element of metals. Cu comes from Cuprum, Fe comes from Ferrum, Ag from Argentum. The symbols were not followed by a period (full stop) as with abbreviations. Later chemical elements were also assigned unique chemical symbols, based on the name of the element, but not necessarily in English. For example, sodium has the chemical symbol 'Na' after the Latin "natrium". The same applies to "W" (wolfram) for tungsten, "Fe" (ferrum) for iron, "Hg" (hydrargyrum) for mercury, "Sn" (stannum) for tin, "K" (kalium) for potassium, "Au" (aurum) for gold, "Ag" (argentum) for silver, "Pb" (plumbum) for lead, "Cu" (cuprum) for copper, and
The Cu Bird Cu bird is dressed, it flies to better lands, and the other birds blame the hoot owl. This is why the latter calls at night to the Cu bird, "Ticú-ticú", and why it cannot see during the day. There is a song titled "El pájaro cu" in the Mexican Son Jarocho style. According to one source, "pájaro cu" is a name used in the Yucatan Peninsula for the russet-crowned motmot, a colorful bird. The Cu Bird The Cu bird (Spanish: "pájaro cu" or "cú") is a bird from a Mexican folktale that is unhappy with its looks. According to the