FAO

See also: fao and fa'o

Translingual

Symbol

FAO

  1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Faro Airport, which serves Faro, Algarve, Portugal.

English

Proper noun

FAO

  1. (UN) Initialism of Food and Agriculture Organization.
    • 2023 August 4, Anna Cooban, “Global food prices bounce following collapse of Black Sea grain deal”, in CNN[1]:
      “International sunflower oil prices rebounded by more than 15% month-on-month, primarily underpinned by renewed uncertainties surrounding the exportable supplies out of the Black Sea region,” the FAO said in a statement.

Preposition

FAO

  1. Alternative letter-case form of fao (for the attention of).

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ.fa.o/ ~ /e.fa.o/
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Proper noun

FAO f pl (plural only)

  1. initialism of Forces Armées Occidentales, a Chadian insurgent group

German

Noun

FAO

  1. Fachanwaltsordnung

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization).

Proper noun

FAO f

  1. (UN) Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura; FAO.
    • 2022 June 30, Ángela Reyes Haczek, “Dejar el hogar y empezar el viaje: quiénes son los que migran a EE.UU. y por qué lo hacen”, in CNN en Español[2]:
      En América Latina hay actualmente 267 millones de personas en condición de inseguridad alimentaria, según la FAO.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)