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PEI

/piː.iː.aɪ/

PEI proper noun: an island in eastern Canada, which forms the majority of the eponymous province. Also the initialism of Prince Edward Island.

Proper noun (1)

PEI

  1. An island in eastern Canada, which forms the majority of the eponymous province.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Pei

Pei (plural Peis)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

PEI is also the initialism of Prince Edward Island.

PEI is also the initialism of polyetherimide.

PEI is also the initialism of polyethyleneimine.

PEI is also the initialism of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency.

Forms of PEI

alternative formP.E.I.
alternative formP. E. I.
pluralPeis

Origin of PEI

Borrowed from Mandarin 裴 (Péi) or 貝／贝 (Bèi) (Wade–Giles romanisation: Pei⁴).

Phrases with PEI

Questions about PEI

What does PEI mean?
PEI means an island in eastern Canada, which forms the majority of the eponymous province.
What part of speech is PEI?
PEI is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce PEI?
PEI is pronounced /piː.iː.aɪ/.

Words near PEI in the dictionary

  1. Pehrson
  2. Pehrsons
  3. pehs
  4. Pehuenche
  5. Pehčevo
  6. PEI
  7. pei daan
  8. Pei-ching
  9. Pei-kan
  10. Pei-p'ing
  11. peice

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Adapted from Wiktionary: PEI (page history and authors); Pei (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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