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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-prop}} CSU
  1. Initialism of Colorado State University. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Colorado State University Categories (topical): Universities Synonyms: Colorado State, State, State University, Colorado State University
    Sense id: en-CSU-en-name-nTFg-E~4
  2. Initialism of California State University. A university system in California Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: California State University (extra: A university system in California) Synonyms: California State, State, State University, California State University
    Sense id: en-CSU-en-name-dTMHnn5A
  3. (Philippines) Initialism of Cagayan State University. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Cagayan State University Hypernyms: state university, university
    Sense id: en-CSU-en-name-P9a2ouIq Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 70 25 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 3 3 77 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 4 71 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 8 64 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 5 67 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 4 69 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 8 62 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from German CSU. Also an initialism of Christian Social Union. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|CSU}} Borrowed from German CSU, {{init|en|Christian Social Union|nocap=1}} initialism of Christian Social Union Head templates: {{en-prop}} CSU
  1. (German politics) The Bavarian Christian Social Union (Christlich-Soziale Union), a major mainstream right-wing political party in Bavaria. Tags: German Categories (topical): German politics Coordinate_terms: AfD, CDU, FDP, SPD Translations (Christlich-Soziale Union): 基社盟 (Jīshèméng) (Chinese Mandarin), CSU [feminine] (German), Christlich-Soziale Union [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-CSU-en-name-7f6Z-nlj Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [German]

Audio: De-CSU.ogg Forms: CSU [genitive]
Head templates: {{de-proper noun|f}} CSU f (proper noun, genitive CSU)
  1. (German politics) CSU: Initialism of Christlich-Soziale Union (“Christian Social Union”). (a political party of Bavaria) Wikipedia link: de:Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern Tags: German, feminine, proper-noun Categories (topical): German politics Coordinate_terms: AfD, CDU, FDP, SPD
    Sense id: en-CSU-de-name-PUM-Znfw Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Topics: government, politics
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/De-CSU.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "CSU"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (32c88e6 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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