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553 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

U.A.: abbreviation of unité astronomique
UA: abbreviation of unité astronomique
UAF: Union automobiliste de France, an early 20th-century French auto club; L’Union des aéroports français: The Union of French Airports; Unité d′aménagement forestier: Forest Management Unit, in Québec
UCI: initialism of Union Cycliste Internationale
UDA: acronym of Union des artistes (literally “Union of Artists”)
UDF: initialism of Union pour la Démocratie Française; a French political party
UDL: alternative form of UdL; abbreviation of Université de Lille
UDM: alternative form of UdM; abbreviation of Université de Moundou
UE: EU (European Union)
UEM: initialism of union économique et monétaire (“EMU”)
UER: acronym of Union européenne de radio-télévision (“EBU”)
UES: initialism of unité des enquêtes spéciales (“Special Investigations Unit, SIU”)
UG: abbreviation of union de la gauche
UIC: initialism of Union internationale des chemins de fer (“International Union of Railways”)
UMP: initialism of Union pour un Mouvement Populaire; a French political party
UNEDIC: acronym of Union Nationale pour l'Emploi dans l'Industrie et le Commerce (“National Union for Employment in Industry and Commerce”)
UNTC: initialism of Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Congo
UNTZA: initialism of Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Zaïre
UQ: UQ (“University of Quebec”): abbreviation of Université du Québec
UQAM: UQAM (“University of Quebec at Montreal”): acronym of Université du Québec à Montréal
URSS: USSR (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries; the Soviet Union; in full, Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques)
USA: initialism of the United States of America: a country in North America: USA
UVC: initialism of unité de vente consommateur
Ubaye: a left tributary of the Durance, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Uchentein: Uchentein (a village in Ariège department, Occitania, France)
UdL: alternative form of UDL; abbreviation of Université de Lyon
UdM: alternative form of UDM; abbreviation of Université de Montréal; abbreviation of Université de Moncton
UdS: abbreviation of Université de Sherbrooke
UdeM: abbreviation of Université de Montréal; abbreviation of Université de Moncton
UdeS: abbreviation of Université de Sherbrooke
Udine: a city in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy
Ukraine: Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)
Ukrainien: Ukrainian (resident or native of Ukraine)
Ularu: A primordial snake-like creator deity
Ultima Thule: Ultima Thule
Ultima Thulé: Ultima Thule; alternative form of Ultima Thule
Ultime Thule: Ultima Thule; alternative form of Ultima Thule
Ultime Thulé: Ultima Thule; alternative form of Ultima Thule
Ulysse: Odysseus; Ulysses
Uminski: a French surname from Polish
Umtiti: a surname
Unac: Unac (a village in Ariège department, Occitania, France)
Unamen Shipu: La Romaine, Unamen Shipu (an Indian reserve of Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada)
Union: shortened form of the name of various Unions; Union (group of U.S. states that did not secede during the American Civil War)
Union africaine: African Union
Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries; short form Union soviétique; abbreviation URSS)
Union eurasiatique: Eurasian Union (proposed union between several post-Soviet countries)
Union européenne: the European Union (EU)
Union sacrée: a truce called between French political parties at the beginning of the First World War
Union soviétique: Soviet Union (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and fourteen other countries; official name: Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques)
Untel: so-and-so
Unzent: Unzent (a village in Ariège department, Occitania, France)
Urale: A hamlet in Urau, Haute-Garonne
Uralsk: alternative spelling of Ouralsk (“Oral”) (a city in Kazakhstan)
Uranie: Urania
Uranus: Uranus (planet)
Uranus: Caelus (Roman deity) Note: The Greek deity Uranus is Ouranos
Urau: Urau (a village in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France)
Urbain: Urban
Uri: Uri (a canton of Switzerland)