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EI

East Indian
East Indies
(in Canada) Employment Insurance: a regular payment to a person who is out of work, funded by contributions from workers and employers

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

E.I.,

East Indian.
Place NamesEast Indies.

'EI' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

-ia - Eisenhower jacket - artillery - ay - cockney - egg - eicosapentaenoic acid - eider duck - eisegesis - either - hexacosanoic acid - kidney - konditorei - mephitis - nay

Forum discussions with the word(s) "EI" in the title:

'ei' or 'hey' sound following at the end [eh]
[ai]>[oy]/[ei]>[ay]. Where do they speak like that?
[e] or [a], [ei] or [ai]?
A (ei/ə) Ghost --pronunciation
all EI languages. [EI]
British pronunciation: [ei] as [eye]
calculate the quantitative impact of one or more components of total income on income inequality (e.g., transfer incomes like EI)
Chicago EI/EL?
dubbed the EI system a postal code lottery
Pronunciation /ei/ + nasal sound [lain, fame, bane]
Pronunciation of "ei"
pronunciation: /ai/ &/ei/
pronunciation: /ei/ /ɛi/ (day, train, case, etc.)
pronunciation: A /ei/ [regional?]
Workers must have paid EI premiums during the previous/prior/preceding 52 weeks

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