"VPD" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} VPD
  1. (law enforcement) Initialism of Vancouver Police Department.
    (Canada) The police service of the city of Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada.
    Tags: Canada Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-VPD-en-name-d5EIkjPP Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 48 3 Topics: government, law-enforcement
  2. (law enforcement) Initialism of Vancouver Police Department.
    (US) The police service of the city of Vancouver, in the State of Washington, USA.
    Tags: US Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-VPD-en-name-suCuBlbz Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 48 3 Topics: government, law-enforcement
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: V.P.D., V. P. D.

Noun [English]

Forms: VPDs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} VPD (plural VPDs)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of vaccine-preventable disease. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: vaccine-preventable disease Categories (topical): Diseases, Medicine
    Sense id: en-VPD-en-noun-hBDPmAjn Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: V.P.D., V. P. D.

Inflected forms

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