26984 words

emu

3 definitions • 4 examples
1
a large Australian bird with a long neck and grey or brown feathers. Emus cannot fly but have long legs and can run quickly:

Examples:

Emus grow to almost two metres and can run at nearly 50 kph.
2
abbreviation for European Monetary Union: the process within the European Union of moving towards a single currency
3
abbreviation for European Monetary Union/ Economic and Monetary Union: the group of countries in Europe who use the same currency (the euro), or the process by which many countries started to use the euro:

Examples:

The study examines fiscal rules in the EMU.
In the article he analyses how the EMU process has influenced political integration within the European Union.

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