Letter combination of uu

The combination uu occurs rarely in the English language and only in words which are unfamiliar or archaic, except for three: continuum, muumuu and vacuum. With the exception of Muumuu (Hawaiian) and Weltanschauung (German), they derive from Latin roots.

They are as follows:

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