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FEMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does FEMA mean?
• FEMA (noun)
The noun FEMA has 1 sense:
1. an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
Familiarity information: FEMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Federal Emergency Management Agency; FEMA
Hypernyms ("FEMA" is a kind of...):
independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)
Holonyms ("FEMA" is a part of...):
Department of Homeland Security; Homeland Security (the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security)
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