FAO
See also: fao and fa'o
Translingual
Symbol
FAO
- (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Faro Airport, which serves Faro, Algarve, Portugal.
English
Proper noun
FAO
- (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
- Alternative letter-case form of fao (“for the attention of”).
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.fa.o/ ~ /e.fa.o/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
FAO f pl (plural only)
- initialism of Forces Armées Occidentales, a Chadian insurgent group
German
Noun
FAO
- Fachanwaltsordnung
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English FAO (“Food and Agriculture Organization”).
Proper noun
FAO f
- (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.
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