Definitions for NATOˈneɪ toʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

NATOˈneɪ toʊ(n.)

  1. an organization formed in 1949 for the purpose of collective defense: originally comprising Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and later joined by Greece, Turkey, Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland.

    Category: Government

Origin of NATO:

N(orth)A(tlantic)T(reaty)O(rganization)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO(noun)

    an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security


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natural(noun)

a person who is naturally good at something.

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