European Union
Meaning
- A supranational organisation, consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection.
- (historical) An antifascist resistance group active during Germany’s Nazi era.
Synonyms
European Community
European Economic Community
eu
𐐏𐐲𐑉𐐲𐐹𐐨𐐲𐑌 𐐏𐐭𐑌𐐷𐐲𐑌
eec
european common market
european communities
european economic area
european economic communities
European Communities
Translations
Union européenne
Europäische Union
Unión Europea
União Europeia
Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση
Europese Unie
Avrupa Birliği
Unió Europea
الاتحاد الأوروبي
Yekîtiya Ewropayê
Unio Europaea
Unione europeaPronounced as (IPA)
/ˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən/
Etymology
Formed as European + Union, in the sense of the resistance group, after the German Europäische Union.
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