List of names of the European Union in the official languages

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This is a list of the names of the European Union in its 20 official languages:

Evropská unie (Czech)
Den Europæiske Union (Danish)
Europese Unie (Dutch)
European Union (English)
Euroopa Liit (Estonian)
Euroopan unioni (Finnish)
Union européenne (French)
Europäische Union (German)
Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (Evropaikí Énosi; Greek)
Európai Unió (Hungarian)
Unione Europea (Italian)
Eiropas Savienība (Latvian)
Europos Sąjunga (Lithuanian)
L-Unjoni Ewropea (Maltese)
Unia Europejska (Polish)
União Europeia (Portuguese)
Európska únia (Slovak)
Evropska unija (Slovene)
Unión Europea (Spanish)
Europeiska unionen (Swedish)

Other languages

In 2007, Irish will become the 21st official language of the EU:

An tAontas Eorpach (Irish)

When Bulgaria and Romania join the EU (either in 2007 or in 2008), the following names will become official:

Европейски съюз (Evropeyski Səyuz; Bulgarian)
Uniunea Europeană (Romanian)

The draft European constitution has also been translated into the official languages of the three candidate countries. The names of the European Union in these languages are as follows:

Europska unija (Croatian)
Европската Унија (Evropskata Uniya; Macedonian)
Avrupa Birliği (Turkish)

The name in some other languages of European Union states is:

Europar Batasuna (Basque)
Unvaniezh Europa (Breton)
Unió Europea (Catalan)
Unyans Europek (Cornish)
Eŭropa Unio (Esperanto)
Jeropeeske Uny (Frisian)
Union Europeane (Friulian)
Unión Europea (Galician)
Eùropejskô Ùnijô (Kashubian)
Europäesch Unioun (Luxembourgish)
Europäisch Union (Low German)
Ounion Ouropeia (Mirandese)
Eurohpa Uniovdna (Sami)
Aonadh Eòrpach (Scottish Gaelic)
Union Uropeyinne (Walloon)
Undeb Ewropeaidd (Welsh)

The name in the languages of official prospective candidate countries is:

Bashkimi Europian (Albanian)
Европска унија/Evropska unija (Bosnian, Serbian)

The name in some other languages is:

الاتحاد الأوروبي (Arabic)
Եվրոպական Միություն (Evropakan Miutyun; Armenian)
欧洲联盟/歐洲聯盟 (Chinese)
Evropeiska samveldið (Faroese)
Kaisahang Yuropeo (Filipino)
Evrópusambandið (Icelandic)
Uni Eropa (Indonesian)
欧州連合 (Ōshū Rengō) or ヨーロッパ連合 (Yōroppa Rengō) (Japanese)
유럽연합/유럽聯合 (Yureop Yeonhap) (Korean)
Unio Europaea (Latin)
Europeiske Union (Norwegian)
Европейский Союз (Evropeyskiy Soyuz; Russian)
สหภาพยุโรป (Thai)
Європейський Союз (Jevropejśkyj Sojuz; Ukrainian)
Оврўпа бирлиги (Uzbek)

External links

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