UK

See also: uk, uK, .uk, -uk, ük, U.K., -ük, and Appendix:Variations of "uk"

English

Alternative forms

• U.K.

Etymology

Abbreviation of United Kingdom, attested from 1883.

Proper noun

UK

1. (initialism) Abbreviation of United Kingdom.
2. Abbreviation of University of Kentucky.

Translations

abbreviation of United Kingdom — See also translations at United Kingdom

• Arabic: not used in Arabic
• Armenian: ՄԹ (hy) (MTʿ)
• Belarusian: not used in Belarusian
• Burmese: not used in Burmese
• Catalan: RU (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: not used in Mandarin

• French: R.-U. m, RU (fr) m
• German: VK n, ^{(please verify)} V. K. n, ^{(please verify)} V.K. n
• Greek: ΗΒ (el) n (IV)
• Italian: RU m
• Japanese: not used in Japanese
• Khmer: not used in Khmer

• Korean: not used in Korean
• Lao: not used in Lao
• Persian: not used in Persian
• Portuguese: RU (pt) m
• Romanian: R.U. n, RU n
• Russian: not used in Russian
• Spanish: R.U. m, RU m
• Swedish: not used in Swedish
• Thai: not used in Thai
• Tigrinya: ዩኬይ (yukey)
• Ukrainian: not used in Ukrainian
• Vietnamese: not used in Vietnamese

Adjective

UK

1. British; related to the United Kingdom.

See also

• United Kingdom of Great Britain
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• British Isles

Anagrams

• KU, Ku