Univn.
/ˈjuːnɪv/ colloquial.
= university n. 1; spec. University College (Oxford, etc.)
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society > education > place of education > college or university > [noun] > university
universityc1300
general studya1382
schoolsc1400
college1459
ninneversitya1592
studium1610
studium generale1647
versityc1680
varsity1846
Univ1896
uni1898
U1910
1896 F. W. Maitland Let. 6 Dec. (1965) 153 We have several good MSS at the Univ. Lib.
1904 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VII. iii. 256/1 Univ, subs. (Oxford University), University College.
1950 M. Marples University Slang 131 Oxford colleges... University: always Univ nowadays, but apparently Varsity during the second half of the last century.
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