Meanings
- A supranational organisation, consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection.
Holonym: Europe
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Meronym: available at list of member states
...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...
1992, Maastricht TreatyThe 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.
1996, John Major, EU Beef Ban and the Florence European CouncilAt a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only after his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seized upon its potential as a Moscow-centered, Asia-oriented alternative to the EU.
2014 July 1, Frank Jacobs, “Welcome to Stanistan”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 03 Aug 20237:09pm: 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.
2022 June 17, “Greeted as a 'great friend', Johnson meets Zelensky on second Ukraine trip”, in France 24, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2022Synonyms: EUSSR
- historicalAn antifascist resistance group active during Germany’s Nazi era.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA supranational organisation, consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- GermanEuropäische Union
- EnglishEuropean Union
Formed as European + Union, in the sense of the resistance group, after the German Europäische Union.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Europese Unie
- Europese UnieEuropean supranational organisation
Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαϊκὴ Ἕνωσις
- Εὐρωπαϊκὴ Ἕνωσις (Eurōpaïkḕ Hénōsis)European supranational organisation
Arabic الِٱتِّحَاد الْأُورُوبِيّ
- الِٱتِّحَاد الْأُورُوبِيّ (al-ittiḥād al-ʔūrūbiyy)European supranational organisation
Basque Europar Batasuna
- Europar BatasunaEuropean supranational organisation
Bengali ইউরোপীয় ইউনিয়ন
- ইউরোপীয় ইউনিয়ন (iurōpiẏo iuniẏon)European supranational organisation
Bulgarian Европе́йски съю́з, Евросъю́з
- Европе́йски съю́з (Evropéjski săjúz)European supranational organisation
- Евросъю́з (Evrosăjúz)European supranational organisation
Catalan Unió Europea
- Unió EuropeaEuropean supranational organisation
Chinese Cantonese 歐洲聯盟 /欧洲联盟, 歐盟 /欧盟
- 歐洲聯盟 /欧洲联盟 (au¹ zau¹ lyun⁴ mang⁴)European supranational organisation
- 歐盟 /欧盟 (au¹ mang⁴)European supranational organisation
Chinese Mandarin 歐洲聯盟 /欧洲联盟, 歐盟 /欧盟
- 歐洲聯盟 /欧洲联盟 (Ōuzhōu Liánméng)European supranational organisation
- 歐盟 /欧盟 (Ōuméng)European supranational organisation
Czech Evropská unie
- Evropská unieEuropean supranational organisation
Danish Europæiske Union
- Europæiske UnionEuropean supranational organisation
Dutch Europese Unie
- Europese UnieEuropean supranational organisation
Esperanto Eŭropa Unio
- Eŭropa UnioEuropean supranational organisation
Estonian Euroopa Liit
- Euroopa LiitEuropean supranational organisation
Finnish Euroopan unioni
- Euroopan unioniEuropean supranational organisation
French Union européenne
- Union européenneEuropean supranational organisation
German Europäische Union, Europäische Union
- Europäische UnionEuropean supranational organisation
- Europäische UnionNazi-era antifascist resistance group
Greek Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση
- Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (Evropaïkí Énosi)European supranational organisation
Hebrew הַאִיחוּד הַאֵירוֹפִּי
- הַאִיחוּד הַאֵירוֹפִּי (ha-ikhúd ha-eirópi)European supranational organisation
Hindi यूरोपीय संघ
- यूरोपीय संघ (yūropīya saṅgh)European supranational organisation
Hungarian Európai Unió
- Európai UnióEuropean supranational organisation
Icelandic Evrópusambandið
- EvrópusambandiðEuropean supranational organisation
Indonesian Uni Eropa
- Uni EropaEuropean supranational organisation
Irish an tAontas Eorpach
- an tAontas EorpachEuropean supranational organisation
Italian Unione Europea
- Unione EuropeaEuropean supranational organisation
Japanese ヨーロッパ連合, 欧州連合
- ヨーロッパ連合 (Yōroppa Rengō)European supranational organisation
- 欧州連合 (Ōshū Rengō)European supranational organisation
Korean 유럽 연합, 유럽 동맹
- 유럽 연합 (Yureop yeonhap)European supranational organisation
- 유럽 동맹 (Yureop dongmaeng)European supranational organisation
- 유럽 련합 (Yureop ryeonhap)European supranational organisation
Latin Unio Europaea
- Unio EuropaeaEuropean supranational organisation
Latvian Eiropas Savienība
- Eiropas SavienībaEuropean supranational organisation
Lithuanian Europos Sąjunga
- Europos SąjungaEuropean supranational organisation
Malay Kesatuan Eropah
- Kesatuan EropahEuropean supranational organisation
Norwegian Bokmål Den europeiske union
- Den europeiske unionEuropean supranational organisation
Polish Unia Europejska, Unia Europejska
- Unia EuropejskaEuropean supranational organisation
- Unia EuropejskaNazi-era antifascist resistance group
Portuguese União Europeia
- União EuropeiaEuropean supranational organisation
Romanian Uniunea Europeană, Униуня Еуропянэ
- Uniunea EuropeanăEuropean supranational organisation
- Униуня Еуропянэ (Uniunea Europiană)European supranational organisation
Russian Европе́йский сою́з, Евросою́з
- Европе́йский сою́з (Jevropéjskij sojúz)European supranational organisation
- Евросою́з (Jevrosojúz)European supranational organisation
- Европейский союз (Jevropejskij sojuz)Nazi-era antifascist resistance group
Scottish Gaelic Aonadh na h-Eòrpa
- Aonadh na h-EòrpaEuropean supranational organisation
Slovak Európska únia
- Európska úniaEuropean supranational organisation
Spanish Unión Europea
- Unión EuropeaEuropean supranational organisation
Swahili Umoja wa Ulaya
- Umoja wa UlayaEuropean supranational organisation
Swedish Europeiska unionen
- Europeiska unionenEuropean supranational organisation
Tagalog Unyong Europeo
- Unyong EuropeoEuropean supranational organisation
Tamil ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றியம்
- ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றியம் (airōppiya oṉṟiyam)European supranational organisation
Thai สหภาพยุโรป
- สหภาพยุโรป (sà-hà-pâap-yú-ròop)European supranational organisation
Turkish Avrupa Birliği
- Avrupa BirliğiEuropean supranational organisation
Ukrainian Європе́йський Сою́з, Євросою́з
- Європе́йський Сою́з (Jevropéjsʹkyj Sojúz)European supranational organisation
- Євросою́з (Jevrosojúz)European supranational organisation
- Європе́йська У́нія (Jevropéjsʹka Únija)European supranational organisation
Urdu یُورَپی اِتِّحاد
- یُورَپی اِتِّحاد (yūrapī ittihād)European supranational organisation
Vietnamese Liên minh châu Âu, Liên hiệp châu Âu
- Liên minh châu ÂuEuropean supranational organisation
- Liên hiệp châu ÂuEuropean supranational organisation
- Liên minh Âu châuEuropean supranational organisation
- Liên ÂuEuropean supranational organisation
Welsh Undeb Ewropeaidd
- Undeb EwropeaiddEuropean supranational organisation
Yiddish אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַרבאַנד, אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַראיין
- אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַרבאַנד (eyropeisher farband)European supranational organisation
- אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַראיין (eyropeisher fareyn)European supranational organisation
Cite this entry
European Union. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/European%20Union
“European Union.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/European%20Union. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “European Union,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/European%20Union.
Source: European Union on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.