uni

Etymology 1

Clipping of university.

noun

  1. (colloquial, chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) University.
    I'm going to uni after I leave school.
    Turn left when you reach the uni.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 雲丹.

noun

  1. Sea urchin eaten as sushi.
    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. Jul 16, 2013, Ken Belson, “In Japan, Searching for Prized Sea Urchins”, in The New York Times

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