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EU en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˌiː ˈjuː/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, qualifier:Star Wars, uncountable) Abbreviation of expanded universe.

Forms

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E.U. alternative lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “EU” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

EU en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˌiː ˈjuː/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of European Union.
    • “The key responsibility here falls on the UK,” Hopewell said. “In order to prevent a major drop in LDC (least developed country) exports, it urgently needs to replicate the terms of the EU GSP and the EBA treaty and ensure that these arrangements are in place before the UK leaves the EU on March 29.” 2019 February 4, Emily Dixon, “The developing countries with the most to fear from Brexit”, in CNN:
    • France and Belgium led the drive for British chocolate to be renamed 'vegelate' before it could be sold abroad, but they lost that battle. Now an updated EU chocolate directive obliges all EU countries to accept all chocolate[…] 2005, John MacDonald, Andrew Bowden, Dare We Trust Them?: A New Vision for Europe, page 151:
    • The sprinkles had the red food coloring E127, or erythrosine. E127 is only permitted for use in cocktail cherries and candied cherries in the UK and the EU, according to a statement from West Yorkshire Trading Standards sent to CNN Thursday. 2021 October 14, Jack Guy, “UK bakery banned from using sprinkles which are legal in the US”, in CNN:

Forms

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E.U. alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

EC · EEC

Deriveds

EU English · EU12 · EU25 · EU27 · EU28 · EU-wide · EU-speak · EU15

Translations (43)

uk ЄС (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · hy ԵՄ (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · ga AE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · sv EU (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · et EL (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · lb EU (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · nl EU (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · be ЕС (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · mn(European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · de EU (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · ga an tAE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · cy UE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · ru ЕС (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · cs EU (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · crh AB (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · no EU (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · vo BY (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · es UE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · scn UE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · fo ES (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · hu EU (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · tr AB (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · it UE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · ka ევროკავშირი (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · mt UE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · lv ES (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · cmn 歐盟 /欧盟 (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · th อียู (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · el ΕΕ (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · la Ūniō Eurōpaea (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · sk(European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · ja EU (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · fi EU (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · be ЕЗ (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · pt UE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · fr UE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · ro UE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · gl UE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · ca UE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · da EU (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · be ЭЗ (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · gd AE (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR) · mk ЕУ (European Union — see also European Union, EUSSR)

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