ウナ電でん

noun

urgent telegram

Historical term for an urgent telegram, now largely obsolete with the decline of telegrams. The word is an abbreviation of 至急電報, with ウナ from the Morse code signal 'UNA' used for urgency.

See also: 至急電報

• 戦せん時じ中ちゅう、ウナ電でんで召しょう集しゅう令れい状じょうが届とどいた。

  During the war, draft notices arrived by urgent telegram.