"MDG" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: MDGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} MDG (plural MDGs)
  1. Initialism of Millennium Development Goal. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Millennium Development Goal
    Sense id: en-MDG-en-noun-nyvb8MQK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks

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