What is un?
Quick Answer
un is a regional beef-cut name for the beef skin (hide), on the offal primal (Outer hide — whole-body surface).
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What is un in simple terms?
What is un called in the United States?
US retail labels for beef skin (hide) appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is un on the cow?
Is un steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still beef skin (hide) anatomically.
How do I translate un for travel?
Use translation URLs from the list on this page, or open the Skin hub.
What is another name for un?
“un” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Skin (offal primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Beef hide/skin, sold cleaned and processed. Boiled to a gelatinous softness (ponmo/kpomo in Nigeria) or dried then rehydrated (cham in Arunachal, un in Manipur). Very high collagen; adds sticky body to stews. Culturally significant as a protein extender and a prized cut in West and Northeast African and Indian traditions. It is part of the offal primal (Outer hide — whole-body surface).
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: skin
- Andhra Pradesh: skin
- Argentina: skin
- Australia: skin
- Austria: skin
- Bangladesh: skin
- Belarus: skin
- Belgium: skin
- Bhutan: skin
- Bolivia: skin
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: skin
- Botswana: skin
- Brazil: skin
- Bulgaria: skin
- Burkina Faso: skin
- Canada: skin
- Central India: skin
- Chad: skin
- Chile: skin
- China: skin
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): skin
- Colombia: skin
- Costa Rica: skin
- Croatia: skin
- Czech Republic: skin
- Denmark: skin
- Ecuador: skin
- Egypt: skin
- El Salvador: skin
- Estonia: skin
- Ethiopia: skin
- Finland: skin
- France: skin
- Germany: skin
- Goa: skin
- Greece: skin
- Guatemala: skin
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: skin
- Honduras: skin
- Hungary: skin
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): skin
- Indonesia: skin
- Iran: skin
- Ireland: skin
- Israel: skin
- Italy: skin
- Jammu & Kashmir: skin
- Japan: skin
- Karnataka: skin
- Kazakhstan: skin
- Kenya: skin
- Kerala: skin
- Ladakh: skin
- Latvia: skin
- Lithuania: skin
- Maharashtra: skin
- Malaysia: skin
- Mali: skin
- Manipur: un · Un
- Meghalaya: skin
- Mexico: skin
- Mongolia: skin
- Montenegro: skin
- Morocco: skin
- Myanmar: skin
- Nagaland: skin
- Namibia: skin
- Nepal: skin
- Netherlands: skin
- New Zealand: skin
- Nicaragua: skin
- Niger: skin
- Nigeria: skin
- North Macedonia: skin
- Northeast India (Other States): Cham · Vun
- Norway: skin
- Pakistan: skin
- Panama: skin
- Paraguay: skin
- Peru: skin
- Philippines: skin
- Poland: skin
- Portugal: skin
- Punjab: skin
- Qatar: skin
- Rajasthan: skin
- Romania: skin
- Russia: skin
- Saudi Arabia: skin
- Senegal: skin
- Sikkim: skin
- Singapore: skin
- Slovakia: skin
- Slovenia: skin
- South Africa: skin
- South Korea: skin
- Spain: skin
- Sri Lanka: skin
- Sweden: skin
- Switzerland: skin
- Taiwan: skin
- Tamil Nadu: skin
- Tanzania: skin
- Telangana: skin
- Thailand: skin
- Turkey: skin
- UAE: skin
- Uganda: skin
- Ukraine: skin
- United Kingdom: skin
- United States: skin
- Uruguay: skin
- Uttar Pradesh: skin
- Uzbekistan: skin
- Venezuela: skin
- Vietnam: skin
- West Bengal: skin
- Zimbabwe: skin
Cooking methods
Typical methods include high-heat searing or grilling for steaks, resting before slicing, and cutting across the grain when the muscle is fibrous. Because this cut sits on the offal primal (Outer hide — whole-body surface), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Manipur → Albania (un)
- Manipur → Andhra Pradesh (un)
- Manipur → Argentina (un)
- Manipur → Australia (un)
- Manipur → Austria (un)
- Manipur → Bangladesh (un)
- Manipur → Belarus (un)
- Manipur → Belgium (un)
- Manipur → Bhutan (un)
- Manipur → Bolivia (un)
- Manipur → Bosnia & Herzegovina (un)
- Manipur → Botswana (un)
- Manipur → Brazil (un)
- Manipur → Bulgaria (un)
- Manipur → Burkina Faso (un)
- Manipur → Canada (un)
- Manipur → Chad (un)
- Manipur → Chile (un)
- Manipur → China (un)
- Manipur → Colombia (un)
- Manipur → Costa Rica (un)
- Manipur → Croatia (un)
- Manipur → Czech Republic (un)
- Manipur → Denmark (un)
- Manipur → Ecuador (un)
- Manipur → Egypt (un)
- Manipur → El Salvador (un)
- Manipur → Estonia (un)
- Manipur → Ethiopia (un)
- Manipur → Finland (un)
- Manipur → France (un)
- Manipur → Germany (un)
- Manipur → Goa (un)
- Manipur → Greece (un)
- Manipur → Guatemala (un)
- Manipur → Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand (un)
- Manipur → Honduras (un)
- Manipur → Hungary (un)
- Manipur → Central India (un)
- Manipur → Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman) (un)
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