UK

See also: uk, uK, .uk, -uk, ük, U.K., -ük, and Appendix:Variations of "uk"

Translingual

Symbol

UK

(international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the United Kingdom.
Synonym: GB (for general use)

Usage notes

This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the United Kingdom, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for the United Kingdom is GB.

English

Alternative forms

U.K.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /juːˈkeɪ/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (UK) (file)

Proper noun

(the) UK

Initialism of United Kingdom. [from 1883]
Initialism of University of Kentucky.

Translations

abbreviation of United Kingdom — see also United Kingdom

Arabic: not used in Arabic
Armenian: ՄԹ (hy) (MTʿ)
Belarusian: not used in Belarusian
Burmese: not used in Burmese
Catalan: RU (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: not used in Mandarin
Dutch: VK (nl) n
French: R.-U. m, RU (fr) m
German: VK (de) n
Greek: ΗΒ (el) n (IV)
Italian: RU m
Japanese: not used in Japanese
Khmer: not used in Khmer
Korean: not used in Korean
Lao: not used in Lao
Malay: UK (ms)
Persian: not used in Persian
Portuguese: RU (pt) m
Romanian: R.U. n, RU n
Russian: not used in Russian
Spanish: R.U. m, RU m
Swedish: not used in Swedish
Thai: not used in Thai
Tigrinya: ዩኬይ (yukey)
Ukrainian: not used in Ukrainian
Vietnamese: not used in Vietnamese
Welsh: y DU f

See also

Proper noun

UK

Initialism of Uttarakhand.

Anagrams

KU, Ku

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