English Member states of the European Union Etymology Formed as European Union (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] German Europäische Union
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /ˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən/ Proper noun European Union
A supranational organisation , consisting of 28 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection .
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( historical ) antifascist Nazi Synonyms ( European supranational organisation ) : EU ( initialism ) , EUSSR Holonyms ( member countries[1] ) 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 United Kingdom Translations European supranational organisation
Abkhaz: Европатәи Аидгыла ( Evropʼatʷʼi Ajdgəla )
Afrikaans: Europese Unie
Albanian: Bashkimi Evropian (sq) m
Amharic: አውሮፓ ህብረት ( ʾäwropa həbrät )
Arabic: اَلْإِتِّحَاد اَلْأُورُوبِيّ (ar) m ( al-ʔittiḥād al-ʔūrūbiyy )
Aragonese: Unión Europea f
Armenian: Եվրամիություն (hy) ( Evramiutʻyun ) , Եվրոպական Միություն (hy) ( Evropakan Miutʻyun )
Asturian: Xunión Europea f
Azerbaijani: Avropa İttifaqı (az) , Авропа Иттифагы
Bashkir: Европа берләшмәһе ( Yevropa berləşməhe )
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:
Mandarin: 歐洲聯盟 ／ 欧洲联盟 (zh) ( Ōuzhōu Liánméng ) , 欧洲联盟 (zh) ( Ōuzhōu Liánméng ) , 歐盟 ／ 欧盟 (zh) ( Ōuméng ) , 欧盟 (zh) ( Ōuméng )
Chukchi: Европакэн Союз ( Evropakėn Sojuz )
Chuvash: Европа Пӗрлешӗвӗ ( Evrop̬a P̬ĕrleš̬ĕvĕ )
Crimean Tatar: Avropa Birligi
Czech: Evropská unie (cs) f
Danish: 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 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-eropi )
Hindi: यूरोपीय संघ ( 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 ( 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: Еуропалық одақ ( Europalyq odaq ) , Еуроодақ ( Euroodaq ) , ЕО ( EO ) , Еуропа Одағы ( Europa Odağy )
Khmer: សហភាពអឺរ៉ុប ( saʼhaʼphiəp ʼəɨrop )
Korean: 유럽 연합 ( Yureop yeonhap ) (유럽 (ko) ( yureop ) + -聯合 (ko) ), 유럽 련합 ( Yureop ryeonhap ) ( North Korea )
Kyrgyz: Эвропалык Союз ( Evropalık Soyuz )
Lao: ສະຫະພາບເອີລົບ ( sa ha phāp ʼœ̄ lop ) , ສະຫະພາບເອີຣົບ (lo) ( sa ha phāp ʼœ̄ rop )
Latin: Unio Europaea f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Latvian: Eiropas Savienība f
Lithuanian: Europos Sąjunga (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Europäesch Unioun (lb) f
Macedonian: Европска Унија f ( Evropska Unija )
Malay: Kesatuan Eropah
Malayalam: യൂറോപ്യൻ യൂണിയൻ ( yūṟōpyaṉ yūṇiyaṉ )
Maltese: Unjoni Ewropea
Marathi: यूरोपीय संघ m ( yūropīy saṅgha )
Mirandese: Ounion Ouropeia f
Moksha: Явропонь Соткс ( Javropoń Sotks )
Mongolian: Европын Холбоо ( Jevropyn Xolboo )
Nepali: युरोपेली संघ ( yuropelī saṅgha )
Norman: Unnion Ûropéenne f
Northern Sami: Eurohpá uniovdna
Norwegian: Europeiske Union
Occitan: Union Europèa f
Ossetian: Европӕйы Цӕдис ( Evropæjy Cædis )
Persian: اتحادیه اروپا (fa) ( ettehâdiye-ye orupâ )
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
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)
Tagalog: European Union
Tajik: Иттиҳоди Аврупо ( Ittihodi Avrupo )
Tamil: ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றியம் ( airōppiya oṉṟiyam )
Tatar: Аурупа берлеге ( Awrupa berlege )
Telugu: ఐరోపా సమాఖ్య ( airōpā samākhya )
Thai: สหภาพยุโรป (th) ( sà-hà-pâap-yú-ròop )
Turkish: Avrupa Birliği (tr)
Turkmen: Ýewropa Birleşigi
Ukrainian: Європе́йський Сою́з (uk) m ( Jevropéjsʹkyj Sojúz ) , Євросою́з (uk) m ( Jevrosojúz )
Urdu: یورپی اتحاد ( yūropī ittihād )
Uyghur: ياۋروپا ئىتتىپاقى ( yawropa ittipaqi )
Uzbek: Yevropa Ittifoqi
Vietnamese: Liên minh châu Âu 聯盟洲歐
Volapük: Balatam Yuropik Yulopayum
Yakut: Эуропа Холбоһуга ( Europa Qolbohuga )
Yiddish: אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַרבאַנד ( eyropeisher farband )
Zazaki: ( Southern Zazaki ) Yewina Ewropa
Nazi-era antifascist resistance group
References
^ “The 28 member countries of the EU”, in Countries [1] Further reading 