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Definition: POSTAL UNION |
POSTAL UNION1. A union for postal purposes entered into by the most important powers, or governments, which have agreed to transport mail matter through their several territories at a stipulated rate. |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Postal Union (1937) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Conventions and agreements of the Postal Union signed at Rome, May 26, 1906. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Switzerland | One of the first international organizations, the Universal Postal Union, is located in Bern. (references) |
Switzerland | Though not a UN member, Switzerland is party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, a member of most UN specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, and participates in many UN activities, including the Economic Commission for Europe, UN Environment Program, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UN Conference for Trade and Development, UN Industrial Development Organization, and the Universal Postal Union (UPU). (references) | |
Syria | Syria is a member of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Arab League, Arab Monetary Fund, Council of Arab Economic Unity, Customs Cooperation Council, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Food and Agricultural Organization, Group of 24, Group of 77, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Chamber of Commerce, International Development Association, Islamic Development Bank, International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Finance Corporation, International Labor Organization, International Monetary Fund, International Maritime Organization, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, International Olympic Committee, International Organization for Standardization, International Telecommunication Union, League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, Organization of the Islamic Conference, United Nations, UN Commission on Human Rights, UN Conference on Trade and Development, UN Industrial Development Organization, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Universal Postal Union, World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization, and World Tourism Organization. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "POSTAL UNION": universal postal union. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "POSTAL UNION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | UPA (Arab Postal Union), Union postale arabe (Arab Postal Union), Union Africaine des Postes (African Postal Union), UAP (African Postal Union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 万国郵便連合 (Universal Postal Union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ば""くゆうび"れ""う (Universal Postal Union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ostalpay ionunay união postal universal (universal postal union). (various references) Международный почтовый союз. (various references) unión postal universal (universal postal union), Unión Postal de las Américas y España (Postal Union of the Americas and Spain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-n-n-o-o-p-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: lunations, optionals, plutonian, pulsation. | |
-3 letters: antlions, insulant, lunation, notional, nuptials, optional, opuntias, outplans, pintanos, platoons, solation, solution, unisonal, unplaits, unpliant, unspoilt, utopians. | |
-4 letters: anoints, antlion, apostil, latinos, lotions, nations, nonpast, nonplus, nonslip, nonstop, nonsuit, notions, nuptial, onanist, opsonin, options, opuntia, outlain, outplan, outsail, outspan, paulins, pinnula, pintano, plaints, platoon, plosion, plutons, poloist, pontils. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-n-n-o-o-p-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: plastoquinone. | |
+3 letters: antipollutions, plastoquinones. | |
+4 letters: postinoculation. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 4F 53 54 41 4C 55 4E 49 4F 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01001111 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001100 00100000 01010101 01001110 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P O S T A L   U N I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 004F 0053 0054 0041 004C 0055 004E 0049 004F 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50495354354625548434948 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Quotations: Historic 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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