Consider United States of America or United Kindgom. While using these, it is customary to add the before it.
Eg. I'm travelling to the United Kingdom
However, when I use the abbreviation, it doesn't seem right to add the before UK. It will usually be sans the the, like, I'm travelling to UK.
Is it because when I use UK, I treat it as a proper noun, and in case of United Kingdom, it is mainly used to denote a cluster of kingdoms, and not treated a proper noun? Is skipping the the correct usage?
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