"CSU" meaning in English

See CSU in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-prop}} CSU
  1. Initialism of Colorado State University Wikidata QID: Q1111640 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Colorado State University Synonyms: Colorado State Coordinate_terms: CU
    Sense id: en-CSU-en-name-en:Q1111640 Categories (other): Universities, 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: 42 40 13 5 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 37 36 22 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 39 16 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 41 39 15 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 40 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 33 24 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 33 27 5
  2. Initialism of California State University. Wikidata QID: Q815352 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: California State University Synonyms: Cal State, California State Coordinate_terms: UC, w:University of California, ;, USC, ;, Caltech
    Sense id: en-CSU-en-name-en:Q815352 Categories (other): 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: 42 40 13 5 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 37 36 22 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 39 16 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 41 39 15 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 40 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 33 24 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 33 27 5
  3. (Philippines) Initialism of Cagayan State University. Wikidata QID: Q1025711 Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Cagayan State University
    Sense id: en-CSU-en-name-en:Q1025711 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: 42 40 13 5 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 37 36 22 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 39 16 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 41 39 15 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 40 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 33 24 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 33 27 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: state university, university
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

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 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 Categories (other): German politics Topics: government, politics
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Etymology number: 2
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