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10 Language-to-English DictionariesFAO
Native Script:Organização das Nações Unidas para Alimentação e Agricultura
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Organização das Nações Unidas para Alimentação e Agricultura
"A FAO monitora os estoques mundiais de alimentos."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An international agency of the United Nations leading international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.
"The FAO released a new report on global agricultural sustainability and food production trends." - 2
A specialized body providing developmental and technical assistance to rural economies and farming sectors worldwide.
"Farmers in developing nations received drought-resistant seeds through an initiative sponsored by the FAO."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
An initialism derived from the proper name of the United Nations organization established in 1945. It combines the elements of international organization nomenclature with specialized vocabulary dealing with global nutrition and agricultural development.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "FAO" is said worldwide
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FAO
Transliteration: Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture
Script: Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture
"La FAO travaille à éliminer la faim dans le monde."
FAO
Transliteration: Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaftsorganisation der Vereinten Nationen
Script: Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaftsorganisation der Vereinten Nationen
"Die FAO hilft dabei, die globale Nahrungsmittelversorgung zu verbessern."
FAO
Transliteration: Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura
Script: Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura
"La sede principale della FAO si trova a Roma."
FAO
Transliteration: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura
Script: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura
"La FAO promueve prácticas agrícolas sostenibles en todo el mundo."
FAO
Transliteration: Organização das Nações Unidas para Alimentação e Agricultura
Script: Organização das Nações Unidas para Alimentação e Agricultura
"A FAO monitora os estoques mundiais de alimentos."
खाद्य एवं कृषि संगठन
Transliteration: Khadya evam Krishi Sangathan
"खाद्य एवं कृषि संगठन वैश्विक भुखमरी को समाप्त करने के लिए काम करता है।"
联合国粮食及农业组织
Transliteration: Liánhéguó liángshí jí nóngyè zǔzhī
"联合国粮食及农业组织总部设在罗马。"
유엔식량농업기구
Transliteration: Yu-en singnyang nong-eop gigu
"유엔식량농업기구는 세계 기아 퇴치를 위해 노력한다."
国際連合食糧農業機関
Transliteration: Kokusai Rengō Shokuryō Nōgyō Kikan
"国際連合食糧農業機関は農業生産性の向上を支援する。"
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