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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

非政府組織

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hi-seifu soshiki

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
NGO/ˌen.dʒiˈoʊ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"そのNGOは途上国を支援しています。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A non-profit organization that operates independently of any government, typically one whose purpose is to address a social or political issue.

    "Several international NGOs provided emergency food and medical supplies to the disaster-stricken region."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

An acronym originating in English during the mid-20th century, specifically coined around 1945 with the establishment of the United Nations (Article 71 of the UN Charter). It emerged as a bureaucratic designation to distinguish independent civil society organizations from official intergovernmental bodies.

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