EU
/ˌiː ˈjuː/
EU is the initialism of European Union.
EU is the abbreviation of expanded universe.
Meaning of European Union
Proper noun
the European Union
- 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
- Synonyms:
- EUSSR
- An antifascist resistance group active during Germany’s Nazi era.
Meaning of expanded universe
Noun
expanded universe (plural expanded universes)
- In fiction, the extension of a media franchise (i.e. a television show, series of feature films, etc.) with other media (generally comics and original novels), often with the result being that the stories described in the other media are not considered canon in the original.
- The Star Wars novels, comics, video games, television series, and radio shows created between 1977 and 2012 all constitute an original Expanded Universe (EU) of in-universe history and lore set within the same transmedia franchise.2019, Monica Louzon, “Mara Jade, Frontier Woman”, in Melanie A. Marotta, editor, Women's Space, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 29
Forms of EU
| alternative form | E.U. |
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Words formed from EU
Phrases with EU
Questions about EU
- What is EU the initialism of?
- EU is the initialism of European Union.
- How do you pronounce EU?
- EU is pronounced /ˌiː ˈjuː/.
Words near EU in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: EU (page history and authors); European Union (page history and authors); expanded universe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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