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UK

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌjuːˈkeɪ/

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UK abbreviation for

United Kingdom

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

U.K.,

Place NamesUnited Kingdom.

'UK' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Advertising Standards Authority - Anglosphere - Anguilla - ASBO - Atlanticism - Bermuda - Boldrewood - British Antarctic Territory - British Indian Ocean Territory - British Virgin Islands - building society - Cayman Islands - CENTO - COBRA - Commonwealth - Culham - Cyprus - DDT - Democratic Unionist Party - Diplomatic Service - European Union - Falkland Islands - FM - Foreign Office - Gibberd - golden share - Group of Five - Group of Seven - Group of Ten - industrial tribunal - Iraq - Lockerbie - Macao - mile - Montserrat - National Enterprise Board - Net Book Agreement - nonresident - patriate - Penney - PEP - PET - pit bull terrier - Pitcairn Island - PMQs - pound - quart - quarter - Saint Helena - Schengen Agreement

In Lists: countries and food, what's your name?, more...

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "UK" in the title:

- outside the UK.
-ise and -ize endings in UK and US English
-ism for US, CAN, UK?
...[an] Extended Project titled ‘Is the Internet or the Supermarket affecting the UK High Street the most?’. [full stop/punctuation]
'Gods' - Public schools in the UK
'He’d been given the eye and he’d cocked a deaf ’un but now he was listening.' (UK)
(...) dealt with waste to within UK standards
(1) UK opting ,(2) the UK's opting or (3)British opting
(The) UK is another name for England, isn't it?
(UK first class or upper second class honours)
1d stamp post stamp [saying money; UK]
80% of <Brits> = 80% of all people in the UK ?
"A nice big mocha" - UK
A Parliament usage (UK)
a performance that toured festivals and venues in the UK
a text, texts for a textbook, textbooks [UK use?]
absolutely [UK pronunciation]
accused the UK of being <“America’s bitch”>
across or in the UK
across the UK and <the Bloc>
Across the UK vs In the UK
After these events, I lived in the UK / I have lived in the UK
Agony aunt (UK vs. US English)
Airing (UK)
an UK account or a UK account?
Are UK tradespeople originally exclusively shopkeepers?
Argentine credits resulting from UK imports
<Arrivals> for first Cabinet meeting after UK election
as they say in the US / UK
as wild as the UK gets
more...

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