Etymologie, Etimología, Étymologie, Etimologia, Etymology, (griech.) etymología, (lat.) etymologia, (esper.) etimologio
IE Irland, Irlanda, Irlande, Irlanda, Ireland, (esper.) Irlando
Abkürzung, Abreviatura, Abréviation, Abbreviazione, Abbreviation, (esper.) mallongigoj
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Acronym (W3)
(E?)(L?) http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym/acro.html
An "acronym" is a label formed from the beginnings of words (Greek: "acro" = "head" and "nym" = "word") - or very rarely, from letters in the middle of words. There is no requirement that an acronym be pronounceable as a normal word (this is a curious myth perpetuated by American dictionaries): IBM is just as much an acronym as LASER.
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silmaril
The Internet Acronym Server
Searching for the Meaning of L.I.F.E. since 1988
(E?)(L?) http://www.silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms
An acronym is a label formed from the beginnings of words (Greek: "acro" ["head"] and "nym" ["word"]) - or very rarely, from letters in the middle of words. There is no requirement that an acronym be pronounceable as a normal word (this is a curious myth perpetuated by American dictionaries): "IBM" is just as much an acronym as "LASER".
Who we are and what we do
We've been collecting acronyms from all over the Internet for the best part of two decades, and soon we're going to be looking for some volunteers to help with editing.
Useful links
- What's an acronym? - An acronym is a kind of abbreviation. The word comes from Greek, meaning "heads of names". ...
- History of acronyms
- Rules for submitting an entry
- XML API for references
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Uni Cork
The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server
(E?)(L?) http://www.ucc.ie/acronym
(E?)(L?) http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym/acro.html
(E?)(L?) http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html
You can search here for acronyms and for words used in acronyms.
Verzeichnis englischer Abkürzungen II; Datenbank, in der man die Langform von Abkürzungen nachschlagen kann.
This is the original World Wide Web Acronym Database, which started in 1991 as an email service with an interactive interface on BITNET, and migrated to the Web in 1992 (for details see Network Acronym Server, J. Info. Networking, 1994, vol.2, num.1, p.74).
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