Names of the European Union in the official languages - Definition and Overview

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

• Evropská unie (Czech)
• Europæiske Union (Danish)
• Europese Unie (Dutch)
• European Union (English)
• Euroopa Liit (Estonian)
• Euroopan unioni (Finnish)
• Union Européenne (French)
• Europäische Union (German)
• Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (Eurōpaïké Énōsē; 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

The draft European constitution has also been translated into the official languages of the three candidate countries, as well as Irish which is an official language for treaty purposes. The names of the European Union in these languages are as follows:

• Европейски съюз (Evropeyski Səyuz; Bulgarian)
• Aontas Eorpach (Irish)
• Uniunea Europeană (Romanian)
• Avrupa Birliği (Turkish)

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

• Europako Batasuna (Basque)
• Unvaniezh Europa (Breton)
• Unió Europea (Catalan)
• Unyans Europek (Cornish)
• Jeropeeske Uny (Frisian)
• Unión Europea (Galician)
• Europäisch Union (Low German)
• Union Uropeyinne (Walloon)
• Undeb Ewropeaidd (Welsh)

The name in some other languages is:

• Europska unija (Croatian)
• Evropeiska samveldið (Faroese)

External link

• International organizations' names on Geonames (http://www.geonames.de/intorg.html#eu)