syllabic abbreviation

Meaning

Noun

• COINTELPRO; from counter-intelligence program
• CONELRAD; from control of electromagnetic radiation
• CONMEBOL; from Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (Spanish for "South American Football Confederation")
• FedEx; from Federal Express
• INMARSAT; from INternational MARitime SATellite, an IGO
• Interpol; from International Criminal Police Organization
• An abbreviation formed from syllables, usually the initial ones, of several words.

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Broader meaning words

• abbreviation