# What does E.E.U.U. stand for?

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**Created:** [June 24, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-e-e-u-u-stand-for/115705 "2002-06-24T13:40:28Z")\
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I was watching the World Cup on the Spanish Channel. For the U.S., they use E.E.U.U. as the abbreviation. What does it stand for?

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-e-e-u-u-stand-for/115705/2 "2002-06-24T13:47:23Z")

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Apparently because both _Estados_ and _Unidos_ are plurals, the abbreviated version has two letters for each (the site below compares it to using _pp._ for ‘pages’ in English):

[Why is the abbreviation for _Estados Unidos_ written EE. UU. instead of simply E.U.?](http://spanish.about.com/library/questions/blq-eeuu.htm)