English [ edit ]
Member states of the European Union (in green)
Etymology [ edit ]
Formed as European + Union , in the sense of the resistance group, after the German Europäische Union .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Proper noun [ edit ]
the European Union
A supranational organisation , consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection .
1992 , Maastricht Treaty :...IN VIEW of further steps to be taken in order to advance European integration, HAVE DECIDED to establish a European Union and to this end have designated as their plenipotentiaries...
1996 , John Major , EU Beef Ban and the Florence European Council :The issue will now be dealt with on a proper, rational basis, with the timetable for the lifting of the ban dependent on our own efforts. That has enabled the restoration of normal business in the European Union .
2022 June 17, “Greeted as a 'great friend', Johnson meets Zelensky on second Ukraine trip”, in France 24 [1] , archived from the original on 18 June 2022 :7:09pm: Putin says he has 'nothing against' Ukraine joining EU Russia has "nothing against" Ukraine's possible membership of the European Union , Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after the European Commission recommended granting Kyiv candidate status of the 27-member bloc.
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:European Union .
( historical ) An antifascist resistance group active during Germany’s Nazi era.
Synonyms [ edit ]
( European supranational organisation ) : EU ( initialism ) , EUSSR ( derogatory )
Meronyms [ edit ]
( member countries ) Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czechia , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , ( formerly (until 2020) ) United Kingdom
Translations [ edit ]
European supranational organisation
Abkhaz: Европатәи Аидгыла ( Evropʼatʷʼi Ajdgəla )
Afrikaans: Europese Unie
Albanian: Bashkim Evropian m , Bashkimi Evropian (sq) m ( definite )
Amharic: አውሮፓ ህብረት ( ʾäwropa həbrät )
Arabic: الِٱتِّحَاد الْأُورُوبِيّ (ar) m ( al-ittiḥād al-ʔūrūbiyy )
Aragonese: Unión Europea f
Armenian: Եվրամիություն (hy) ( Evramiutʿyun ) , Եվրոպական Միություն (hy) ( Evropakan Miutʿyun )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܘܼܝܵܕܵܐ ܐܹܘܪܘܿܦܵܝܵܐ m ( ḥuyādā ēwropāyā )
Asturian: Xunión Europea (ast) f
Azerbaijani: Avropa İttifaqı (az)
Cyrillic: Авропа Иттифагы
Bashkir: Европа берләшмәһе ( Yevropa berläşmähe )
Basque: Europar Batasuna (eu)
Belarusian: Еўрапе́йскі Саю́з m ( Jeŭrapjéjski Sajúz ) , Еўрасаю́з m ( Jeŭrasajúz ) , Эўрапе́йскі Зьвяз m ( Eŭrapjéjski Zʹvjaz ) ( dated )
Bengali: ইউরোপীয় ইউনিয়ন ( iurōpiẏo iuniẏon )
Breton: Unaniezh Europa ?
Bulgarian: Европе́йски съю́з m ( Evropéjski sǎjúz ) , Евросъю́з m ( Evrosǎjúz )
Burmese: ဥရောပသမဂ္ဂ ( u.rau:pa.sa.magga. )
Buryat: Европын холбоо ( Jevropyn xolboo )
Catalan: Unió Europea f
Chechen: Европан барт ( Jevropan bart )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 歐洲聯盟 / 欧洲联盟 ( au1 zau1 lyun4 mang4 ) , 歐盟 / 欧盟 ( au1 mang4 )
Mandarin: 歐洲聯盟 / 欧洲联盟 (zh) ( Ōuzhōu Liánméng ) , 歐盟 / 欧盟 (zh) ( Ōuméng )
Chukchi: Европакэн Союз ( Evropakėn Sojuz )
Chuvash: Европа Пӗрлешӗвӗ ( Evrop̬a P̬ĕrleš̬ĕvĕ )
Crimean Tatar: Avropa Birligi
Czech: Evropská unie (cs) f
Danish: Den Europæiske Union c
Dutch: Europese Unie (nl) f
Esperanto: Eŭropa Unio
Estonian: Euroopa Liit (et)
Faroese: Evropasamveldið n
Finnish: Euroopan unioni (fi)
French: Union européenne (fr) f
Galician: Unión Europea (gl) f
Georgian: ევროპის კავშირი ( evroṗis ḳavširi ) , ევროკავშირი ( evroḳavširi )
German: Europäische Union (de) f
Greek: Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (el) f ( Evropaïkí Énosi )
Gujarati: યુરોપિયન યુનિયન ( yuropiyan yuniyan )
Hebrew: הַאִיחוּד הַאֵירוֹפִּי m ( ha-ikhúd ha-eirópi )
Hindi: यूरोपीय संघ m ( yūropīya saṅgh )
Hungarian: Európai Unió (hu)
Icelandic: Evrópusambandið (is) n
Ido: Europana Uniono
Indonesian: Uni Eropa
Interlingua: Union Europee
Irish: an tAontas Eorpach m
Italian: Unione Europea (it)
Japanese: 欧州連合 (ja) ( おうしゅうれんごう, Ōshū Rengō ) , ヨーロッパ連合 ( Yōroppa Rengō )
Kannada: ಯುರೋಪಿನ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ ( yurōpina okkūṭa )
Kazakh: Еуропа одағы ( Europa odağy )
Khmer: សហភាពអឺរ៉ុប ( saʼhaʼphiəp ʼəɨrop )
Korean: 유럽 연합(聯合) (ko) ( Yureop yeonhap ) , 유럽 동맹(同盟) ( Yureop dongmaeng ) ( North Korea ) , 유럽 련합(聯合) ( Yureop ryeonhap ) ( Yanbian dialect )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Yekîtiya Ewropayê (ku)
Kyrgyz: Эвропалык Союз ( Evropalık Soyuz )
Lao: ສະຫະພາບເອີລົບ ( sa ha phāp ʼœ̄ lop ) , ສະຫະພາບເອີຣົບ (lo) ( sa ha phāp ʼœ̄ rop )
Latin: Unio Europaea f
Latvian: Eiropas Savienība f
Lithuanian: Europos Sąjunga (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Europäesch Unioun (lb) f
Macedonian: Европска Унија f ( Evropska Unija )
Malay: Kesatuan Eropah (ms)
Malayalam: യൂറോപ്യൻ യൂണിയൻ ( yūṟōpyaṉ yūṇiyaṉ )
Maltese: Unjoni Ewropea
Marathi: यूरोपीय संघ m ( yūropīy saṅgha )
Mirandese: Ounion Ouropeia f
Moksha: Явропонь Соткс ( Javropoń Sotks )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Европын Холбоо ( Jevropyn Xolboo ) , Европын Нэгдэл ( Jevropyn Negdel )
Nepali: युरोपेली संघ ( yuropelī saṅgha )
Norman: Unnion Ûropéenne f
Northern Sami: Eurohpá uniovdna
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Den europeiske union m
Occitan: Union Europèa (oc) f
Ossetian: Европӕйы Цӕдис ( Evropæjy Cædis )
Pashto: اروپایي ټولنه f ( orupāyi ṭolᶕna )
Persian: اِتِّحادیهٔ اُروپا (fa) ( ettehâdiye-ye orupâ ) , اِتِّحادیهٔ اُروپایی ( ettehâdiye-ye orupâyi )
Polish: Unia Europejska (pl) f
Portuguese: União Europeia f
Romanian: Uniunea Europeană (ro) f
Romansch: Uniun europeica f
Russian: Европе́йский сою́з (ru) m ( Jevropéjskij sojúz ) , Евросою́з (ru) m ( Jevrosojúz )
Rusyn: Евро́пска у́нія f ( Evrópska únija )
Scottish Gaelic: Aonadh na h-Eòrpa m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Европска унија f , Еуропска унија f
Roman: Evropska unija f , Europska unija f
Sicilian: Uniuni Eurupea
Silesian: Ojropejsko Uńijo f
Sinhalese: යුරෝපා සංගමය ( yurōpā saṁgamaya )
Slovak: Európska únia f
Slovene: Evropska unija f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Europska unija f
Upper Sorbian: Europska unija f
Spanish: Unión Europea (es) f
Swahili: Umoja wa Ulaya
Swedish: Europeiska unionen (sv) c
Tagalog: European Union
Tajik: Иттиҳоди Аврупо ( Ittihodi Avrupo ) , Иттиҳодияи Аврупо ( Ittihodiyayi Avrupo ) , Иттиҳодияи Аврупоӣ ( Ittihodiyayi Avrupoyī )
Tamil: ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றியம் ( airōppiya oṉṟiyam )
Tatar: Аурупа берлеге ( Awrupa berlege )
Telugu: ఐరోపా సమాఖ్య ( airōpā samākhya )
Thai: สหภาพยุโรป (th) ( sà-hà-pâap-yú-ròop )
Tigrinya: ኤውሮጳዊ ሕብረት m ( ʾewrop̣awi ḥəbrät )
Turkish: Avrupa Birliği (tr)
Turkmen: Ýewropa Birleşigi
Ukrainian: Європе́йський Сою́з (uk) m ( Jevropéjsʹkyj Sojúz ) , Євросою́з (uk) m ( Jevrosojúz )
Urdu: یُورَپی اِتِّحاد m ( yūrapī ittihād )
Uyghur: ياۋروپا ئىتتىپاقى ( yawropa ittipaqi )
Uzbek: Yevropa Ittifoqi
Vietnamese: Liên minh châu Âu (聯盟 洲歐 )
Volapük: Balatam Yuropik , Yulopayum
Welsh: Undeb Ewropeaidd (cy) m
Yakut: Эуропа Холбоһуга ( Europa Qolbohuga )
Yiddish: אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַרבאַנד m ( eyropeisher farband )
Zazaki: ( Southern Zazaki ) Yewina Ewropa
Nazi-era antifascist resistance group
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