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European Union

Definition: European Union

European Union

Noun

1. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he took Britain into Europe".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Specialty Definitions: European Union

DomainDefinitions

Agriculture

Since 1993, the term used to describe the European Community and related institutions. The entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty of European Union on November 1, 1993, introduced this change in terminology regarding the EC and many of its institutions. (EU). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: European Union

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
EUCEnglishEuropean Union of CustomsFinance

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: European Union

Synonyms: Common Market, European (EU), EU, Common Market (n), EC (n), EEC (n), Europe (n), European Community (n), European Economic Community (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: European Union

English words defined with "European Union": capital of the Russian FederationEuro, European Central BankMoscowRussian capital. (references)
Specialty definitions using "European Union": accession CA, accession compensatory amount, Asean Brussels CommitteeBlair House Agreement, Brussels Convention 1968Common Agricultural Policy, comparative biddingDeveloping countriesEuropean Monetary Agreement, European Monetary Union, European Union Eco-labelling Board, Export allocations or quotasFramework 4Genetically Modified Organismsin conjunction withLugano Convention 1988Nansen passportOrganization for Economic Development and Cooperationright of petition. (references)

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Commercial Usage: European Union

DomainTitle

Books

  • Government and Politics of the European Union (reference)

  • NATO, the European Union, and the Atlantic Community: The Transatlantic Bargain Reconsidered (reference)

  • Policy-Making in the European Union (New European Union Series) (reference)

  • The Federal Vision: Legitimacy and Levels of Governance in the Us and the European Union (reference)

  • Theories of European Integration (European Union) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Guide To Marketing And Distributing Investment Funds In The European Union (reference)

  • Directory Of 9 300 Trade And Professional Associations In The European Union (reference)

  • Access To European Union (reference)

  • Europa Guide To European Union Grants - English Ed (reference)

  • Proceedings - Assembly Of Western European Union (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin / Rozhdestvensky, Boylan, Glushchak, European Union Opera (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: European Union

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The definitions are derived from official public sources including the National Institutes of Health [NIH] and the European Union [EU]. (references)

Business

Antitrust laws are on two levels - national and European Union. (references)

All products must conform to European Union standards and directives. (references)

France has a high percentage of total lines within the European Union. (references)

Children

Romania

Inspectors who visited institutions and identified humanitarian needs at the request of the European Union Commission reported that while conditions were not equally poor in all institutions, the general situation was unacceptable in terms of basic infrastructure as well as hygiene, medical care, nutrition, and general assistance. (references)

Civil Liberties

Solomon Islands

The national Red Cross Society, funded by the European Union, provided some assistance. (references)

Italy

Many of these immigrants enter the country with the intent to transit to other European Union (EU) countries. (references)

Economic History

Finland

Finland is an EU (European Union) country. (references)

Netherlands

Most imports come from within the European Union. (references)

South Korea

Major suppliers--Japan, U.S., European Union, Middle East. (references)

Human Rights

Yemen

AI, HRW, the Parliament of the European Union, and the Committee to Protect Journalists observe the country closely. (references)

Guinea-Bissau

In 1998 the European Union renovated two prisons, but following the fighting in 1999, no further repairs have been made. (references)

Croatia

International organizations, including the European Union Monitoring Mission, OSCE, UNHCR, and the U.N. High Commission for Human Rights, operated freely. (references)

Minorities

Bulgaria

For the first time, the MRF has representation on boards that will distribute European Union accession funds for development. (references)

Estonia

In 2000 the State Assembly approved amendments to the Language Law that brought it into conformity with European Union (EU) recommendations regarding language requirements for persons working in the private sector. (references)

Lithuania

However, in its report on minority rights in 10 European Union candidate states, the Open Society Institute stated that Lithuania does not have a comprehensive antidiscrimination law that expressly prohibits discrimination in specific areas of public activity. (references)

Political Economy

FINLAND

Legislation on VAT was harmonized with the European Union. (references)

France

Both Chirac and Jospin are strong advocates of the European Union. (references)

CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech tax codes are generally in line with European Union tax policies. (references)

Political Rights

Zimbabwe

In addition the Government denied permission for the visit of a team of election experts from the European Union in September, saying the group should wait until it was invited. (references)

Peru

Transparencia, the National Democratic Institute/Carter Center, the OAS, European Union representatives, and other monitors stated that they found both rounds of the national elections to be generally free and fair. (references)

Fiji

The elections were held between August 25 and September 1. The parliamentary elections were held with, for the first time, international observer teams provided by the U.N., the European Union, and the Commonwealth of Nations. (references)

Trade

Turkey

Turkish documentation procedures follow the European Union system. (references)

Luxembourg

For further information, please consult the European Union Commercial Guide. (references)

Switzerland

Switzerland's food law is in general conformity with European Union food law. (references)

Travel

Morocco

U.S. citizens and member countries of the European Union do not need a visa for entry into Morocco. (references)

Portugal

Executive location costs in Portugal are now in the same category as any major commercial center in the European Union. (references)

Portugal

Porto serves fewer cities directly in the European Union, none in North America, but does serve major cities in Brazil. (references)

Worker Rights

Lithuania

Both laws comply with European Union directives. (references)

Greece

Three free trade zones operate according to European Union regulations. (references)

Lithuania

Starting in 1997, the support center has organized annual conferences on trafficking, sponsored and supported by the Government, the European Union, local and foreign associations, and NGO's. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: European Union

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Walter Cronkite

I know they were. But look what happened, we turned Europe into a viable organization and indeed, by so doing, fostered the European Union even now. Elimination, almost, of a danger war in that area. But we've got to do this now in the Middle East.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: European Union

Expression using "European Union": the european union. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: European Union

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  european union

2,138

  european union visa

6

  european union member

61

  european union expansion

6

  european union history

45

  constitution draft european union

5

  european union country

39

  european union western

4

  the constitution of the european union

34

  european union economy

4

  european union flag

32

  community european union

4

  poland and the european union

19

  broadcast european union

4

  european union news

12

  europa europe european union

3

  country in the european union

10

  citizenship european union

3

  the european union and turkey

10

  convention european union

3

  commission european union

10

  the economics of the european union

3

  the european union and cyprus

10

  europa european union

3

  eu european union

10

  european union vat

3

  european union directive

10

  european union euro

3

  the european union and the member state

10

  anthem european union

3

  european union web site

9

  europe european union

3

  antichrist european union

8

  community european european union

3

  council european union

8

  beyond european union

2

  european union enlargement

8

  art european union

2

  european union law

6
  

art european union

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: European Union

Language Translations for "European Union"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

歐盟 , 歐洲聯盟 (EU). (various references)

   

Danish

  

Europæisk Union. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Europese Unie. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Euroopan unioni. (various references)

   

French

  

Union européenne. (various references)

   

German

  

Europäische Union. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Ευρωπαϊκή'Ενωση, Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, ΕΕ (end effector, EU). (various references)

   

Italian

  

unione europea (European). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

欧州連合 , イースター島 (ear-ring, easel, east, East Coast, East End, East Side, Easter Island, eastern grip, Eastern League, EU, even, even par, evil, Goteborg, Gothenburg, Iran-Iraq, Jesus, Jesus Christ, yeast, yellow, yes, yes-man). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おうしゅうれ""う, イーユー (EU). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

europeanay ionunay

   

Portuguese

  

UniãoEuropeia, união europeia. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Union Europea, Unión Europea, UE, sindicato europeo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Europeiska unionen (the european union), europeisk unionen. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: European Union

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

EU, Európai Unió, UE, Unio Europaea. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: European Union

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-n-o-o-p-r-u-u"

-5 letters: preunion, prounion.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: European Union


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 75 72 6F 70 65 61 6E      55 6E 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01110101 01110010 01101111 01110000 01100101 01100001 01101110 00100000 01010101 01101110 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#117 &#114 &#111 &#112 &#101 &#97 &#110 &#32 &#85 &#110 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0075 0072 006F 0070 0065 0061 006E      0055 006E 0069 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

398784818271678025580758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Quotations: Spoken
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Abbreviations
12. Acronyms
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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