EAU

abbreviation for

Uganda (international car registration)

Word Origin for EAU

from E(ast) A(frica) U(ganda)

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Examples from the Web for eau

Contemporary Examples of eau

Tamara Loertscher went to the Eau Claire Mayo Clinic in early August when she thought she was pregnant.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences
Emily Shire
December 12, 2014
So are the brilliant “Eau de Lierre” by Fabrice Pellegrin and—anyway, I could go on and on.
The Eyes Have It
Blake Gopnik
March 5, 2013

Historical Examples of eau

"Give her the eau de Cologne," said the countess to her maid.
Nell, of Shorne Mills
Charles Garvice
"I went to borrow some eau de Cologne, my lady," replied Burden.
Nell, of Shorne Mills
Charles Garvice
"I wanted to borrow some eau de Cologne for my lady," said Burden.
Nell, of Shorne Mills
Charles Garvice
No eau de Cologne on the bureau, no camphor on the mantel-shelf.
That Affair Next Door
Anna Katharine Green
“Flaçon,” said Charlotte, showing him the eau de Cologne bottle.
Newton Forster
Captain Frederick Marryat

Word Origin and History for eau

French for "water," from Old French eue (12c.), from Latin aqua (see aqua-). In various combinations such as eau de vie "brandy" (1748), literally "water of life;" eau de toilette (1907). For eau de Cologne see cologne.