Afrikaans unie | ||
Albanian bashkim | ||
Amharic ህብረት | ||
Arabic اتحاد | ||
Armenian միություն | ||
Assamese ইউনিয়ন | ||
Aymara union ukax mä jach’a uñacht’äwiwa | ||
Azerbaijani birlik | ||
Bambara union (tɔnsigi) ye | ||
Basque batasuna | ||
Belarusian унія | ||
Bengali মিলন | ||
Bhojpuri संघ के ह | ||
Bosnian sindikat | ||
Bulgarian съюз | ||
Catalan unió | ||
Cebuano panaghiusa | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 联盟 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 聯盟 | ||
Corsican unione | ||
Croatian unija | ||
Czech unie | ||
Danish union | ||
Dhivehi ޔޫނިއަން އެވެ | ||
Dogri संघ | ||
Dutch unie | ||
English union | ||
Esperanto kuniĝo | ||
Estonian liit | ||
Ewe ɖekawɔwɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) unyon | ||
Finnish liitto | ||
French syndicat | ||
Frisian uny | ||
Galician unión | ||
Georgian კავშირი | ||
German union | ||
Greek ένωση | ||
Guarani unión rehegua | ||
Gujarati સંઘ | ||
Haitian Creole sendika | ||
Hausa ƙungiya | ||
Hawaiian uniona | ||
Hebrew הִתאַחֲדוּת | ||
Hindi संघ | ||
Hmong pab neeg ua haujlwm | ||
Hungarian unió | ||
Icelandic verkalýðsfélag | ||
Igbo njikọ | ||
Ilocano union | ||
Indonesian persatuan | ||
Irish aontas | ||
Italian unione | ||
Japanese 連合 | ||
Javanese uni | ||
Kannada ಯೂನಿಯನ್ | ||
Kazakh одақ | ||
Khmer សហជីព | ||
Kinyarwanda ubumwe | ||
Konkani संघ | ||
Korean 노동 조합 | ||
Krio union | ||
Kurdish yekîtî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) یەکێتی | ||
Kyrgyz биримдик | ||
Lao ສະຫະພັນ | ||
Latin unio | ||
Latvian savienība | ||
Lingala union | ||
Lithuanian sąjunga | ||
Luganda union | ||
Luxembourgish gewerkschaft | ||
Macedonian унија | ||
Maithili संघ | ||
Malagasy union | ||
Malay kesatuan | ||
Malayalam യൂണിയൻ | ||
Maltese unjoni | ||
Maori uniana | ||
Marathi मिलन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯌꯨꯅꯤꯌꯟ ꯑꯃꯥ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯌꯨ.ꯑꯦꯟ | ||
Mizo union a ni | ||
Mongolian нэгдэл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပြည်ထောင်စု | ||
Nepali संघ | ||
Norwegian fagforening | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mgwirizano | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଂଘ | ||
Oromo gamtaa | ||
Pashto اتحاد | ||
Persian اتحاد. اتصال | ||
Polish unia | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) união | ||
Punjabi ਯੂਨੀਅਨ | ||
Quechua union nisqa | ||
Romanian uniune | ||
Russian союз | ||
Samoan iuni | ||
Sanskrit संयोगः | ||
Scots Gaelic aonadh | ||
Sepedi kopano ya kopano | ||
Serbian унија | ||
Sesotho bonngoe | ||
Shona mubatanidzwa | ||
Sindhi اتحاد | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සංගමය | ||
Slovak únie | ||
Slovenian zveza | ||
Somali urur shaqaale | ||
Spanish unión | ||
Sundanese union | ||
Swahili umoja | ||
Swedish union | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) unyon | ||
Tajik иттиҳодия | ||
Tamil தொழிற்சங்கம் | ||
Tatar берлек | ||
Telugu యూనియన్ | ||
Thai สหภาพแรงงาน | ||
Tigrinya ሕብረት ስራሕ | ||
Tsonga nhlangano wa vatirhi | ||
Turkish birlik | ||
Turkmen bileleşik | ||
Twi (Akan) nkabom | ||
Ukrainian союз | ||
Urdu اتحاد | ||
Uyghur union | ||
Uzbek birlashma | ||
Vietnamese liên hiệp | ||
Welsh undeb | ||
Xhosa umanyano | ||
Yiddish פאַרבאַנד | ||
Yoruba apapọ | ||
Zulu inyunyana |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "unie" is a loanword from Dutch meaning "coalition or association", with a specific historical reference to the Union of South Africa. |
| Albanian | The word "bashkim" in Albanian comes from the Proto-Albanian word *bashk-, meaning "together". |
| Amharic | The word 'ህብረት' ('union') in Amharic is derived from the Ge'ez word 'ḥibrēt', meaning 'association' or 'fellowship'. |
| Arabic | The word "اتحاد" can also mean "unity" or "harmony" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The term "birlik" is also used in Azerbaijani to denote unity and harmony within a group or organization. |
| Basque | In Basque, the word “batasuna” also means “agreement” or “unity”. |
| Belarusian | Унія (union in English) originally referred to a personal union between Poland and Lithuania, where two states shared a common monarch but otherwise remained separate entities. |
| Bengali | "মিলন" means 'union' but it also carries a sense of 'gathering' or 'meeting' in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "sindikat" in Bosnian derives from the French word "syndicat". |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "съюз" (union) can also mean "alliance" or "league". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "Unió" also refers to the fruit of the prickly pear cactus, or to a wooden or metal ring or clasp. |
| Cebuano | The word "panaghiusa" has origins from the root word "hiusa" which means mix, combine or unite, or from the Spanish "pan," meaning bread. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "联盟" (union) in Chinese also means "alliance" or "federation". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In addition to "union", 聯盟 can also mean "alliance" or "league". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "unione" can also refer to a type of pasta. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "unija" comes from the Latin word "unio," meaning "a union or joining together." |
| Czech | Czech word "unie" is originally a borrowing from German language, where its meaning is not "union", but "university". |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "Union" can refer to the European Union or a trade union organization. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "unie" is derived from the Latin word "unio", meaning "unity" or "oneness". |
| Esperanto | "Kuniĝo" is cognate with "kongreso," meaning a formal gathering of delegates or representatives. |
| Estonian | The word "liit" also means "compound" and "alloy" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "liitto" can also mean alliance, organization, league, association or federation. |
| French | The word 'syndicat' is also used in French to refer to a voluntary association of people with shared interests. |
| Frisian | The word "uny" in Frisian also means "peace" or "harmony". |
| Galician | The word "unión" in Galician can also refer to the action or result of joining or connecting something. |
| Georgian | კავშირი also refers to "interrelation" and "relationship" in Georgian, reflecting its multifaceted nature. |
| German | In German, the word "Union" can also refer to a union of states or a trade union, like the "Gewerkschaft Union". |
| Greek | Στην αρχαία Ελλάδα, «ένωση» δεν σήμαινε μόνο «ένωση», αλλά και «πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο». |
| Gujarati | "સંઘ" is derived from Sanskrit "Saṃgha" meaning "company, community, association", also found in other Indo-Aryan languages. |
| Haitian Creole | Sendika is derived from the English word 'syndicate' which also means 'trade union'. |
| Hausa | In other contexts, ƙungiya also refers to an animal herd, political party or social association. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word “uniona” also refers to a gathering or a group of people. |
| Hebrew | The word "הִתאַחֲדוּת" can also mean "convergence" or "coming together" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The word "संघ" (sangha) can also refer to a community or assembly of people, particularly in a religious or spiritual context. |
| Hmong | "pab neeg ua haujlwm" is a compound word that literally means "together people work together". |
| Hungarian | Unió (union) also refers to the Unitarian Church |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "Verkalýðsfélag" derives from the two words "verkalýður" (working people) and "félag" (association), indicating its roots in the labor movement. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word 'njikọ' could refer to a knot, bond, or a physical connection between objects or concepts, as well as a union or association of people. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'Persatuan' also has connotations of harmony, unity, and togetherness |
| Irish | The word 'aontas' also means 'friendship' or 'unity' and shares a root with the Welsh word 'undeb' (union). |
| Italian | The word "unione" in Italian can also mean "pearl" or "unity". |
| Japanese | In some contexts, the kanji 連合 (れんごう) are used to refer to political organizations in the same way that the word |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "uni" can also refer to a male's older sibling or a married woman's younger sister. |
| Kannada | ಯೂನಿಯನ್ (union) is also an obsolete word for pearl in English and ultimately came from the Latin word unio, meaning pearl. |
| Kazakh | Одақ can also refer to a group of people, an alliance, a partnership, or a team. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word សហជីព or "union" derives from the Sanskrit word "sahajivana" meaning "to live together". |
| Korean | "노동 조합" can also mean "cooperation" or "collaboration" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word 'yekîtî' also means 'solitude' or 'being alone'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "биримдик" in Kyrgyz also means "unity" or "solidarity". |
| Lao | The word 'ສະຫະພັນ' can also be used in Lao to refer to a group or organization that has come together for a specific purpose. |
| Latin | Unio is also Latin for "pearl", from which comes the English word "unique" via Old French. |
| Latvian | The word "savienība" in Latvian can also refer to a treaty or an association, and is derived from the verb "savienot" meaning "to join". |
| Lithuanian | The word "sąjunga" is a compound of the Lithuanian word "są" (with, together) and the Latin word "jungere" (to join). |
| Luxembourgish | The term 'Gewerkschaft' in Luxembourgish also refers to a 'community' or 'association' of individuals for a specific purpose. |
| Macedonian | The word "унија" can also refer to a political or economic alliance. |
| Malagasy | The word "Union" is borrowed from French and also has the meaning of "state" or "association". |
| Malay | The word 'kesatuan' comes from the Sanskrit word 'ekatva', meaning 'oneness' or 'unity'. |
| Malayalam | Union means both "trade union" and "Indian union" (state) in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "unjoni" is also the word for a wedding ring |
| Maori | It can mean either one side or both sides of a person, place, or thing |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "मिलन" (milan) is cognate with the Hindi word "मिलन" (milan) and the Sanskrit word "मेलन" (melan), all meaning "union". |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, the word "нэгдэл" means both "union" and "unity", emphasizing the collective nature of both concepts. |
| Nepali | संघ comes from Sanskrit and means a 'group' or 'collection' |
| Norwegian | The word "fagforening" in Norwegian comes from the German word "Fachverein", which means "professional association or union". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mgwirizano" can also mean "agreement" or "contract" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "اتحاد" can also refer to a gathering of multiple tribes or a confederation. |
| Persian | The word اتحاد. اتصال ('union') in Persian can also refer to the act of joining together or becoming one, or to a group of people who have come together for a common purpose. |
| Polish | The Polish word "unia" derives from the Latin word "unio", but in addition to meaning "union," it can also mean "university". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "União" also refers to the Brazilian Federal Union and is included in the name of several Brazilian institutions. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word ਯੂਨੀਅਨ can also mean a gathering or assembly of people, especially for a specific purpose. |
| Romanian | Uniune can also refer to a set of mathematical objects or a trade union. |
| Russian | The word "союз" derives from Old Church Slavonic, meaning "tie" or "bond". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word “iuni” can refer to both a “meeting” and a “religious ritual.” |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "aonadh" derives from the Old Irish "áenad," meaning "assembly or meeting." |
| Serbian | “Унија” може бити и област, група људи која се објединила или спортски клуб. |
| Sesotho | The word "bonngoe" can also refer to a "place of meeting," indicating its role in facilitating communication and collaboration. |
| Sindhi | The word "اتحاد" also denotes a bond or alliance between individuals or groups. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "සංගමය" can also refer to a society, association, or assembly. |
| Slovak | The word "únie" can also refer to a labor union or a political party. |
| Slovenian | The word "zveza" also has broader meanings denoting "connection", "interrelation", and "cohesion". |
| Somali | The word "urur shaqaale" (union) comes from the Somali word "urur", meaning "gathering" or "assembly". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "Unión" derives from the Latin "unio," meaning "oneness," and also refers to a pearl, the result of the union of an oyster and an irritant. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "union" ("gabungan") also refers to a joint or junction between two objects, similar to the English term "union joint". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "umoja" also refers to a traditional form of communal self-help work. |
| Swedish | “Union” comes from French word "union," in turn from Latin "unio," "a unity," ultimately from "unus," "one." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "unyon" is also used to refer to a labor union or trade union. |
| Tajik | Иттиҳодия (Union) derives from the Persian word "اتحاد" (et'tehad), meaning "unity" or "cohesion". |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "యూనియన్" (union) is derived from the English word "union" and also refers to a trade union or labor organization. |
| Thai | In Thai, “สหภาพแรงงาน” literally means “group of worker strength”, referencing the collective power and solidarity of organized labor. |
| Turkish | "Birlik" is a Turkic word that is cognate with the Mongolian word "birge" and the Hungarian word "barát" (friend). |
| Ukrainian | "Союз" also means 'alliance, affiliation, or federation' in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word "اتحاد" is derived from the Arabic root "وحد", meaning "one" or "unity". |
| Uzbek | The word "birlashma" in Uzbek has the alternate meaning of "merge" or "amalgamation". |
| Vietnamese | The term "liên hiệp" also carries connotations of "alliance" or "coalition". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'undeb' can also mean 'unity' or 'accord' |
| Xhosa | The word "umanyano" could also refer to a gathering or congregation of people. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פאַרבאַנד" (farband) derives from the German word "Verband" and also means "bandage" or "dressing". |
| Yoruba | Yoruba word "apapọ" is originally from "pa," meaning "gather," but also means "meet" or "unite." |
| Zulu | The word "inyunyana" originates from the Zulu word for "bird", signifying the collective strength of a flock. |
| English | The word "union" derives from the Latin word "unire", meaning "to join" or "to unite". |