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NATO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does NATO mean? 

NATO (noun)
  The noun NATO has 1 sense:

1. an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective securityplay

  Familiarity information: NATO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NATO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Hypernyms ("NATO" is a kind of...):

global organization; international organisation; international organization; world organisation; world organization (an international alliance involving many different countries)

Meronyms (parts of "NATO"):

ACLANT; Allied Command Atlantic (a major strategic headquarters of NATO located in the United States; is under the authority of the North Atlantic Council)

ACE; Allied Command Europe (a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey)

NAC; North Atlantic Council (a council consisting of permanent representatives of all the member countries of NATO; has political authority and powers of decision)

SHAPE; Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (the supreme headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe)

Meronyms (members of "NATO"):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Republic of Turkey; Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923)

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)

Portugal; Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Luxembourg; Luxemburg (a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center)

Iceland; Republic of Iceland (an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944)

Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

Kingdom of Norway; Noreg; Norge; Norway (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905)

Danmark; Denmark; Kingdom of Denmark (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea)

Bulgaria; Republic of Bulgaria (a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe)


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