UK

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uk"

Translingual

Symbol

UK

1. (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)

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

UK or the UK

1. Initialism of United Kingdom. [from 1883]
   • 2021 October 14, Jack Guy, “UK bakery banned from using sprinkles which are legal in the US”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The sprinkles had the red food coloring E127, or erythrosine. E127 is only permitted for use in cocktail cherries and candied cherries in the UK and the EU, according to a statement from West Yorkshire Trading Standards sent to CNN Thursday.

2. Initialism of University of Kentucky.

Descendants

• → Ukrainian: ЮКе́й (JuKéj)

Translations

abbreviation of United Kingdom — see also United Kingdom

• Arabic: not used in Arabic
• Armenian: ՄԹ (hy) (MTʻ)
• 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
• Urdu: برط (BRT)
• Vietnamese: not used in Vietnamese
• Welsh: y DU f

See also

• United Kingdom of Great Britain
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• British Isles

Proper noun

UK

1. Initialism of Uttarakhand.

Anagrams

• KU, Ku

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ka/, [ˈu.ka]

Proper noun

UK

1. Initialism of United Kingdom.

Noun

UK (plural UK-UK)

1. (education, management) Initialism of uji kompetensi.
2. (education) Initialism of uji kesetaraan.

Further reading

• “UK” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.