Meanings
proper noun
- economicsThe commencement of the single market trade association of European Union countries, on January 1, 1993.
ON Friday, 1992 arrives. It is a year late, but that is one of the least confusing things about '1992' , as the Single European Market process used to be called. For 1 January 1993 is in reality just one more marker in a process that started in 1985 and will continue until at least 1995.
1992 December 29, David Bowen, “Why European goats may welcome the late arrival of 1992: David Bowen examines the obvious and hidden changes due with the EC's single market”, in The Independent
Origin
From the deadline of December 31, 1992, set in the Single European Act of 1987.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 一九九二年, 1992年
- 一九九二年nineteen ninety-two (in words)
- 1992年 (yī jiǔ jiǔ èr nián)nineteen ninety-two (in words)
German neunzehnhundertzweiundneunzig
- neunzehnhundertzweiundneunzignineteen ninety-two (in words)
Greek χίλια εννιακόσια ενενήντα δύο
- χίλια εννιακόσια ενενήντα δύο (chília enniakósia enenínta dýo)nineteen ninety-two (in words)
Hindi सन् उन्नीस सौ बानबे, सन् १९९२
- सन् उन्नीस सौ बानबे (san unnīs sau bānbe)nineteen ninety-two (in words)
- सन् १९९२ (san 1992)nineteen ninety-two (in words)
Japanese 一九九二年, １９９２年
- 一九九二年nineteen ninety-two (in words)
- １９９２年 (issen kyūhyaku kyūjū ni nen)nineteen ninety-two (in words)
Persian ۱۹۹۲
- ۱۹۹۲nineteen ninety-two (in words)
Russian 1992 г.
- 1992 г. (1992 g.)nineteen ninety-two (in words)
Cite this entry
APA
1992. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/1992
MLA
“1992.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/1992. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “1992,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/1992.
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