"CPB" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} CPB
  1. (US) Initialism of Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Corporation for Public Broadcasting
    Sense id: en-CPB-en-name-svc~Also Categories (other): American English
  2. (UK politics) Initialism of Communist Party of Britain. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Communist Party of Britain Related terms: PBS
    Sense id: en-CPB-en-name-5sAqQuII Categories (other): UK politics, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72 Topics: government, politics
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