CSU

See also: csu

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Proper noun

CSU

2. Initialism of Colorado State University

   Synonym: Colorado State

   Coordinate term: CU (not to be confused)

4. Initialism of California State University.

   Synonyms: Cal State, California State

   Coordinate terms: UC, University of California (not to be confused); USC (not to be confused); Caltech (not to be confused)

   • 2024 January 23, Melissa Alonzo, “Cal State faculty members end strike after one day”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “I am extremely pleased and deeply appreciative that we have reached common ground with CFA that will end the strike immediately,” CSU Chancellor Mildred García said in a separate statement.

6. (Philippines) Initialism of Cagayan State University.

Hypernyms

"C" State University

• state university
• university

Further reading

• Colorado State University on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• California State University on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German CSU. Also an initialism of Christian Social Union.

Proper noun

CSU

1. (German politics) The Bavarian Christian Social Union (Christlich-Soziale Union), a major mainstream right-wing political party in Bavaria.
   • 2024 December 16, Sebastian Shukla, Nadine Schmidt and Claudia Otto, “Germany’s Scholz has lost a confidence vote. Here’s what comes next”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The ever-present two dominant parties of German politics, the Christian Democrats (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), unofficially known as the Union, make up one grouping. The Social Democrats, or SPD, form another.
     Given the German system of proportional representation, the government tends to be formed in a coalition, usually headed by the CDU/CSU or the SPD.

Coordinate terms

Christlich-Soziale Union

• AfD
• CDU
• FDP
• SPD

Translations

Christlich-Soziale Union

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基社盟 (Jīshèméng)

• German: CSU (de) f, Christlich-Soziale Union f

Anagrams

• U.S.C., cus, UCs, USC, UCS, SUC, uCs, SCU, CUs

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

die CSU f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der CSU)

1. (German politics) CSU: initialism of Christlich-Soziale Union (“Christian Social Union”) (a political party of Bavaria)

Declension

Declension of CSU [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	die	CSU
genitive	der	CSU
dative	der	CSU
accusative	die	CSU

Coordinate terms

Christlich-Soziale Union

• AfD
• CDU
• FDP
• SPD

Descendants

• → English: CSU