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/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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Proper noun

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

(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) (definite)
Aragonese: Unión Europea f
Armenian: Եվրամիություն (hy) (Evramiutʻyun), Եվրոպական Միություն (hy) (Evropakan Miutʻyun)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܘܼܝܵܕܵܐ ܐܹܘܪܘܿܦܵܝܵܐ m (ḥuyyādā ēwrōpāyā)
Asturian: Xunión Europea (ast) f
Azerbaijani: Avropa İttifaqı (az)
Cyrillic: 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 (bn) (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)
Carpathian Rusyn: Евро́пска у́нія f (Evrópska únija)
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)
Cornish: Unyans Europek m
Corsican: Unione Europea f, Unione Auropea f
Crimean Tatar: Avropa Birligi
Czech: Evropská unie (cs) f
Danish: Den Europæiske Union c (definite)
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)
Ancient Greek: Εὐρωπαϊκὴ Ἕνωσις f (Eurōpaïkḕ Hénōsis)
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) f
Japanese: 欧州連合 (ja) (おうしゅうれんごう, Ōshū Rengō), ヨーロッパ連合 (ja) (ヨーロッパれんごう, Yōroppa Rengō)
Kannada: ಯುರೋಪಿನ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ (yurōpina okkūṭa)
Kashubian: Eùropejskô Ùnijô
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: Европа Биримдиги (Yevropa Birimdigi)
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)
Mingrelian: ევროპაშ რსხუ (evroṗaš rsxu)
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 (definite)
Occitan: Union Europèa (oc) f
Ossetian: Европӕйы Цӕдис (Evropæjy Cædis)
Pashto: اروپایي ټولنه f (orupāyi ṭoləna)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: اِتِّحادِیِهٔ اُروپا (fa) (ettehâdiye-ye orupâ), اِتِّحادِیِهٔ اُروپایی (ettehâdiye-ye orupâyi)
Polish: Unia Europejska (pl) f
Portuguese: União Europeia f
Romanian: Uniunea Europeană (ro) f
Cyrillic: Униуня Еуропянэ f (Uniunea Europiană)
Romansch: Uniun europeica f
Russian: Европе́йский сою́з (ru) m (Jevropéjskij sojúz), Евросою́з (ru) m (Jevrosojúz)
Samogitian: Euruopas Sājonga f
Sardinian: Unione Europea f, Unioni Europea f
Scots: European Union
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 f
Silesian: Ojropejsko Uńijo f
Sinhalese: යුරෝපා සංගමය (yurōpā saṁgamaya)
Slovak: Európska únia f
Slovene: Evropska unija f
Somali: Midowga Yurub
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 (definite)
Tagalog: Unyong Europeo
Tajik: Иттиҳоди Аврупо (Ittihod-i Avrupo), Иттиҳодияи Аврупо (Ittihodiya-yi Avrupo), Иттиҳодияи Аврупоӣ (Ittihodiya-yi Avrupoi)
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), Європе́йська У́нія f (Jevropéjsʹka Únija)
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
West Frisian: Jeropeeske Uny (fy) f, Europeeske Uny f
Yakut: Эуропа Холбоһуга (Europa Qolbohuga)
Yiddish: אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַרבאַנד m (eyropeisher farband), אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַראיין m (eyropeisher fareyn)
Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Yewina Ewropa, Yewiya Ewropa (diq)

Nazi-era antifascist resistance group

German: Europäische Union (de) f