European Union

English

Member states of the European Union (in green)

Etymology

Formed as European + Union, in the sense of the resistance group, after the German Europäische Union.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən/, /ˌjɔːɹəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌjʊɹəˈpiən ˈjunjən/, /ˌjɝɹəˈpi.ən ˈjunjən/

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Proper noun

the European Union

1. 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.
2. (historical) An antifascist resistance group active during Germany’s Nazi era.

Synonyms

• (European supranational organisation): EU (initialism), EUSSR (derogatory)

Meronyms

• (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

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

• German: Europäische Union (de) f

Further reading

• European Union on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• European Union (resistance group) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• European Union at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “European Union”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.