Uni

//ˈjuː.ni// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    University. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial

    "I'm going to uni after I leave school."

  2. 2
    Sea urchin eaten as sushi. uncountable

    "The ikura popped in my mouth, the hotate was buttery soft and the uni was creamy and sweet without a seafood aftertaste, the kind of freshness I was hoping we would encounter when we left Tokyo."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A detached object with one known moon, Tinia.
  2. 2
    The station code of University in Hong Kong.

Synonyms

All synonyms
monomono-universityuniversity

Example

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"Yanni wants to go back to his uni dorm."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of university.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 雲丹.

Etymology 3

Named after the Etruscan goddess of love and fertility, Uni, which begins with the same letter as the provisional designation 2002 UX₂₅.

Related phrases

sea urchin

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