"PUC" meaning in All languages combined

See PUC on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} PUC
  1. (US) Initialism of Public Utility Commission, a regulatory body in various states. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Public Utility Commission (extra: a regulatory body in various states)
    Sense id: en-PUC-en-name-2Fo9Oase Categories (other): American English, Philately Disambiguation of Philately: 28 31 25 16
  2. Initialism of Postal Union Congress. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Postal Union Congress
    Sense id: en-PUC-en-name-hkQxBLa4 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Philately Disambiguation of Philately: 28 31 25 16
  3. Initialism of Public Utility Commission of Texas. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Public Utility Commission of Texas
    Sense id: en-PUC-en-name-eeJ3CWn4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Philately Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 11 44 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 15 19 43 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 12 50 29 Disambiguation of Philately: 28 31 25 16
  4. Initialism of personal unblocking code: PUK code. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: personal unblocking code (extra: PUK code)
    Sense id: en-PUC-en-name--LQVQEHX Categories (other): Philately Disambiguation of Philately: 28 31 25 16

Proper name [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈpu.ki/ [Brazil]
Head templates: {{pt-proper noun|f}} PUC f
  1. acronym of Pontifícia Universidade Católica (“Pontifical Catholic University”) Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, feminine Alternative form of: Pontifícia Universidade Católica (extra: Pontifical Catholic University)
    Sense id: en-PUC-pt-name-JvUpQhl3 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Saanich]

Forms: PUȻ [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from English book. Etymology templates: {{bor+|str|en|book}} Borrowed from English book Head templates: {{str-pos|noun|1}} PUC (Americanist spelling púk)
  1. book (collection of written or printed pages bound together) Synonyms: PIPE Derived forms: PUCÁU¸TW̱ (english: library; book house) [literally] Related terms: TȽET (english: to open a book), W̱MESOST (english: to close a book)
    Sense id: en-PUC-str-noun-rTBqeTfl Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Saanich entries with incorrect language header, Printing

Proper name [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈpuk/, [ˈpuk]
Rhymes: -uk Head templates: {{es-proper noun|f}} PUC f
  1. acronym of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (“Pontifical Catholic University of Chile”) Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, feminine Alternative form of: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (extra: Pontifical Catholic University of Chile)
    Sense id: en-PUC-es-name--krptX7H Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for PUC meaning in All languages combined (5.1kB)

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