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European Union

Noun CEFR B2
ˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən

Definitions

  1. A supranational organisation, consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection.
  2. An antifascist resistance group active during Germany’s Nazi era.

Equivalents

54 more languages
AfrikaansEuropese Unie
BosanskiEvropa
EsperantoEŭropa Unio
Bahasa IndonesiaUni Eropa
ភាសាខ្មែរសហភាពអឺរ៉ុប
LëtzebuergeschEuropäesch Unioun
МакедонскиЕвропска Унија
Bahasa MelayuKesatuan Eropah
NederlandsEuropese Unie
PortuguêsUnião Europeia
SlovenčinaEurópska únia
SlovenščinaEvropska unija
СрпскиEvropa

Examples

Holonym: Europe
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...”
The 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.”
“At 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.”
“7:09pm: 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.”
“Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas importsalong with tariffs on the European Unionall threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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