INPE

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese INPE.

Proper noun

INPE

  1. The National Institute for Space Research.
    • 2019 November 18, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon deforestation 'at highest level in a decade'”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The assault on the planet’s biggest terrestrial carbon sink by land-grabbers, agribusiness, miners and loggers is accelerating. In the year until 30 July 2019, 9,762 sq kms were lost, an increase of 29.5% over the previous 12 months, the Brazilian space agency INPE said.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Proper noun

INPE m

  1. (Brazil) initialism of Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (“National Institute for Space Research”)
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