"IIT" meaning in English

See IIT in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} IIT
  1. (India) Initialism of Indian Institutes of Technology. Tags: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Indian Institutes of Technology
    Sense id: en-IIT-en-name-wV0fKjiL Categories (other): Indian English
  2. (Philippines) Initialism of Iligan Institute of Technology. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Iligan Institute of Technology Synonyms: MSU-IIT
    Sense id: en-IIT-en-name-SWgmY7y6 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Universities Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Universities: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: IITian

Inflected forms

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