"Alcoholics Anonymous" meaning in English

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Proper name

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  1. A global, peer-led fellowship dedicated to an abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism. Categories (topical): Alcoholism, Organizations Synonyms: AA, A.A., friends of Bill W. Translations (proper noun): Alcohòlics Anònims (Catalan), Alcoholics Anonymous (Dutch), Anonymir Alkoholikarar (Faroese), AA-liike (Finnish), Alcooliques Anonymes [masculine, plural] (French), Alcohólicos Anónimos [masculine, plural] (Galician), Anonyme Alkoholiker [masculine, plural] (German), Ανώνυμοι Αλκοολικοί (Anónymoi Alkoolikoí) [masculine, plural] (Greek), AA-Samtökin (Icelandic), Alcolisti Anonimi (Italian), Anonyme Alkoholikere (Norwegian), Anonimowi Alkoholicy (Polish), Alcoólicos Anónimos (Portuguese), Anonimni Alkoholičari [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Alcohólicos Anónimos (Spanish), Anonim Alkolikler (Turkish)

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