"NATO" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈneɪ.təʊ/ [UK], /ˈneɪ.toʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-NATO.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪtəʊ Etymology: From North Atlantic Treaty Organization Head templates: {{en-prop}} NATO
  1. Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Synonyms: Nato Derived forms: NATOish, NATOist Related terms: NORAD, EUCOM, USEUCOM, NORTHCOM, USNORTHCOM, USLANTFLT, LANTFLT, USAFE, AFE, SEATO Translations (North Atlantic Treaty Organization): NAVO (Afrikaans), NATO (Albanian), ኔቶ (neto) (Amharic), ⁧الناتُو⁩ (an-nātū) [masculine] (Arabic), ⁧حِلْفُ شَمَالِ الأَطْلَسِيّ⁩ (ḥilfu šamāli l-ʔaṭlasiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), OTAN [feminine] (Aragonese), ՆԱՏՕ (NATŌ) (Armenian), NATO (Azerbaijani), НА́ТА (NÁTA) [feminine] (Belarusian), ন্যাটো (nêṭō) (Bengali), নেটো (neṭō) (Bengali), НА́ТО (NÁTO) (Bulgarian), နေတိုး (netui:) (Burmese), OTAN [feminine] (Catalan), 北約 (Chinese Cantonese), 北约 (bak¹ joek³) (Chinese Cantonese), 北約 (Chinese Mandarin), 北约 (Běiyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), NATO [neuter] (Czech), NATO (Danish), NAVO (Dutch), NATO (Esperanto), NATO (Estonian), NATO (Finnish), OTAN [feminine] (French), OTAN [feminine] (Galician), ნატო (naṭo) (Georgian), NATO [feminine] (German), Nato [feminine] (German), ΝΑΤΟ (english: NATO) (Greek), ΟΒΣ (OVS) (Greek), 北約 (Hakka Chinese), 北约 (Pet-yok) (Hakka Chinese), ⁧נאט״ו⁩ (nat"o) [feminine] (Hebrew), नैटो (naiṭo) (Hindi), NATO (Hungarian), NATÓ (Icelandic), NATO (Ido), NATO (Indonesian), OTAN (Interlingua), ECAT (Irish), NATO (Italian), N.A.T.O. (Italian), NATO (Natō) (Japanese), НАТО (english: NATO) (Kazakh), ណាតូ (naatou) (Khmer), អូតង់ (ʼoutɑng) (Khmer), 나토 (Nato) (Korean), НАТО (english: NATO) (Kyrgyz), ເນໂຕ (nē tō) (Lao), NATO (Latvian), NATO (Lithuanian), НАТО (english: NATO) [feminine] (Macedonian), നാറ്റോ (nāṟṟō) (Malayalam), नाटो (nāṭo) (Marathi), 北約 (Min Nan Chinese), 北约 (Pak-iok) (Min Nan Chinese), ნატო (naṭo) (Mingrelian), НАТО (english: NATO) (Mongolian), NATO (Northern Kurdish), NATO (Northern Sami), NATO (Norwegian Bokmål), ⁧ناتو⁩ (nâto) (Persian), NATO (Polish), OTAN [feminine] (Portuguese), NATO [feminine] (Portuguese), NATO (Romanian), НА́ТО (NÁTO) [feminine] (Russian), НАТО [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), NATO [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), NATO (Slovak), NATO (Slovene), OTAN [feminine] (Spanish), NATO (Swedish), НАТО (english: NATO) (Tajik), నాటో (nāṭō) (Telugu), นาโต้ (naa-dtôo) (Thai), NATO (Turkish), KAAÖ (Turkish), НА́ТО (NÁTO) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ⁧نیٹو⁩ (neṭo) (Urdu), NATO (Uzbek), NATO (Vietnamese), NATO [masculine] (Welsh), ХАҮТ (QAÜT) (Yakut), ⁧נאַט"אָ⁩ (nat"o) (Yiddish), i-NATO [class-5, class-6] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-NATO-en-name-H0Wbwxn2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: From National Association of Theatre Owners Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} NATO
  1. (US, film) Acronym of National Association of Theatre Owners. Tags: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: National Association of Theatre Owners Categories (topical): Film genres
    Sense id: en-NATO-en-name-7lZapFhb Categories (other): American English Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Phrase

Etymology: From no+action+talk+only, from talking without acting Etymology templates: {{m|en|no+action+talk+only}} no+action+talk+only Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} NATO
  1. (slang, chiefly Malaysia and Singapore) Acronym of No Action Talk Only. Tags: Malaysia, Singapore, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, slang Alternative form of: No Action Talk Only Synonyms: all talk and no action
    Sense id: en-NATO-en-phrase-DG9bX8pY Categories (other): Malaysian English, Singapore English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "text": "→ Bengali: ন্যাটো (nêṭō), নেটো (neṭō)"
    },
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          "args": {
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: NATO, Nato"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "he",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: ⁧נאט״ו⁩ (nat\"o)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Hindi: नैटो (naiṭo)"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
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          "expansion": "→ Japanese: NATO",
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      "text": "→ Japanese: NATO"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "나토",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 나토 (nato)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 나토 (nato)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "NATO",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Polish: NATO",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: NATO"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "NATO",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: NATO",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: NATO"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "НА́ТО",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: НА́ТО (NÁTO)\n→ Armenian: ՆԱՏՕ (NATŌ)\n→ Kyrgyz: НАТО (NATO)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Nato",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: Nato, NATO",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: Nato, NATO"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "నాటో",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: నాటో (nāṭō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: నాటో (nāṭō)"
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          "word": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization"
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          "word": "NATOish"
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          "word": "NATOist"
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          "ref": "10/05/1951, Activities in Europe Concerned with Material Support of NATO and MDAP, Office of the Secretary of Defense, page 23",
          "text": "On the other hand, one still would have to note that relations between NATO in London and OSR in Paris were still not as closely integrated as might be desired, and that the power of decision, especially on industrial and financial matters, still was not centered in one place in the NATO.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1964, Harry S. Truman, 0:18 from the start, in MP2002-479 Former President Truman Recalls Negotiating With DeGaulle and France after WWII, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162",
          "text": "Yes, France is geographically situated in a key position so far as Western Europe is concerned. They are really the bridge between Germany, Spain and Italy. And it was necessary to have a NATO organization that was unified and France was a necessary member of that organization.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1971, Lyndon Johnson, “Strengthening the Atlantic Community”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 305–306",
          "text": "What concerned me most about De Gaulle's decision was that it threatened the unity of NATO, which had been so carefully developed over two decades. NATO was essential to the security of Europe and the United States. I was convinced that the stronger and more unified we were, the more incentive the Soviets and their Warsaw Pact allies would have to work with us in solving outstanding problems and differences.",
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          "ref": "January 4, 2001, Garry Kasparov, “The Russian President Trades on Fear”, in The Wall Street Journal, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-01-09, International",
          "text": "President Putin's KGB roots have sadly informed a style of governance that is neither reformist nor particularly democratic. The common thread throughout his domestic and foreign policies is his effort to trade on fear -- the fears of Russians that their country is under attack from hostile external forces (Chechens, NATO or free marketeers); and the fears of Westerners that if not for a strong, pragmatic leader, Russia will again become unruly, unstable and potentially aggressive.",
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          "ref": "2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 297",
          "text": "In the week since I’d seen him in the Oval Office, Bush had done well in Europe.[...]He’d made a strong statement on the expansion of NATO. “I believe in membership,” the president had said, “for all of Europe’s democracies that seek it and are ready to share the responsibilities that NATO brings.”[…]The president had even gone out of his way to reassure Putin that he had nothing to fear from the enlargement of NATO, which would not include Russia.",
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          "word": "EUCOM"
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          "word": "USNORTHCOM"
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NAVO"
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          "lang": "Albanian",
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "ḥilfu šamāli l-ʔaṭlasiyy",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
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          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "NATŌ",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "ՆԱՏՕ"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "NÁTA",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "НА́ТА"
        },
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "nêṭō",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "ন্যাটো"
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "neṭō",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "নেটো"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "NÁTO",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "НА́ТО"
        },
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "netui:",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "နေတိုး"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "OTAN"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "北約"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "bak¹ joek³",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "北约"
        },
        {
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "北約"
        },
        {
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "roman": "Pet-yok",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "北约"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "北約"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Běiyuē",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "北约"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan",
          "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "北約"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan",
          "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
          "roman": "Pak-iok",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "北约"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NAVO"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "OTAN"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "OTAN"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "naṭo",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "ნატო"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Nato"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "english": "NATO",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "ΝΑΤΟ"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "OVS",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "ΟΒΣ"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "nat\"o",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧נאט״ו⁩"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "naiṭo",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "नैटो"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATÓ"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "OTAN"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "ECAT"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "N.A.T.O."
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO (Natō)"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "english": "NATO",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "НАТО"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "naatou",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "ណាតូ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼoutɑng",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "អូតង់"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Nato",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "나토"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "english": "NATO",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "НАТО"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "nē tō",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "ເນໂຕ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "english": "NATO",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "НАТО"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "nāṟṟō",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "നാറ്റോ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "nāṭo",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "नाटो"
        },
        {
          "code": "xmf",
          "lang": "Mingrelian",
          "roman": "naṭo",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "ნატო"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "english": "NATO",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "НАТО"
        },
        {
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nâto",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "⁧ناتو⁩"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "OTAN"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "NÁTO",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "НА́ТО"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "НАТО"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "OTAN"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "english": "NATO",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "НАТО"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "nāṭō",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "నాటో"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "naa-dtôo",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "นาโต้"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "KAAÖ"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "NÁTO",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "НА́ТО"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "neṭo",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "⁧نیٹو⁩"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "NATO"
        },
        {
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "QAÜT",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "ХАҮТ"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "nat\"o",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "word": "⁧נאַט\"אָ⁩"
        },
        {
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
          "tags": [
            "class-5",
            "class-6"
          ],
          "word": "i-NATO"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈneɪ.təʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈneɪ.toʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪtəʊ"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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    "en:North Atlantic Treaty Organization"
  ],
  "word": "NATO"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "no+action+talk+only"
      },
      "expansion": "no+action+talk+only",
      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From no+action+talk+only, from talking without acting",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase"
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "No Action Talk Only"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malaysian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Singapore English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1998-05-30, Kicker, “First on Everest are not Singaporeans - Sure or not?”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
          "text": "turn it off then. don't nato......pressure your government to do that.:)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003-01-24, ALIEN, “Spying activities at Pedra Branca”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
          "text": "haiya...i think, hah....our GOV also nowadays becoming NATO! (NATO = No Action Talk Only...!!!)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Acronym of No Action Talk Only."
      ],
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        "(slang, chiefly Malaysia and Singapore) Acronym of No Action Talk Only."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "all talk and no action"
        }
      ],
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        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore",
        "abbreviation",
        "acronym",
        "alt-of",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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  "etymology_text": "From National Association of Theatre Owners",
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "NATO",
      "name": "en-proper-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "National Association of Theatre Owners"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Film genres",
          "orig": "en:Film genres",
          "parents": [
            "Film",
            "Genres",
            "Entertainment",
            "Mass media",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Acronym of National Association of Theatre Owners."
      ],
      "id": "en-NATO-en-name-7lZapFhb",
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        [
          "film",
          "film#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "National",
          "national#English"
        ],
        [
          "Association",
          "association#English"
        ],
        [
          "Theatre",
          "theatre#English"
        ],
        [
          "Owners",
          "owner#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, film) Acronym of National Association of Theatre Owners."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "acronym",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:National Association of Theatre Owners"
  ],
  "word": "NATO"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "NATOish"
    },
    {
      "word": "NATOist"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "ناتو",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "nātō"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: ⁧ناتو⁩ (nātō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: ⁧ناتو⁩ (nātō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "ন্যাটো",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: ন্যাটো (nêṭō), নেটো (neṭō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: ন্যাটো (nêṭō), নেটো (neṭō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "Nato",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: Nato, NATO; nato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: Nato, NATO; nato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "NATO",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: NATO, Nato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: NATO, Nato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "נאט״ו",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "nat\"o"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: ⁧נאט״ו⁩ (nat\"o)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: ⁧נאט״ו⁩ (nat\"o)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "नैटो",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: नैटो (naiṭo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: नैटो (naiṭo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "NATO",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: NATO",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: NATO"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "나토",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 나토 (nato)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 나토 (nato)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "NATO",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: NATO",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: NATO"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "NATO",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: NATO",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: NATO"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "НА́ТО",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: НА́ТО (NÁTO)\n→ Armenian: ՆԱՏՕ (NATŌ)\n→ Kyrgyz: НАТО (NATO)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: НА́ТО (NÁTO)\n→ Armenian: ՆԱՏՕ (NATŌ)\n→ Kyrgyz: НАТО (NATO)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Nato",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: Nato, NATO",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: Nato, NATO"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "నాటో",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: నాటో (nāṭō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: నాటో (nāṭō)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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  "etymology_text": "From North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "NATO",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "NORAD"
    },
    {
      "word": "EUCOM"
    },
    {
      "word": "USEUCOM"
    },
    {
      "word": "NORTHCOM"
    },
    {
      "word": "USNORTHCOM"
    },
    {
      "word": "USLANTFLT"
    },
    {
      "word": "LANTFLT"
    },
    {
      "word": "USAFE"
    },
    {
      "word": "AFE"
    },
    {
      "word": "SEATO"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization"
        }
      ],
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        "English acronyms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "10/05/1951, Activities in Europe Concerned with Material Support of NATO and MDAP, Office of the Secretary of Defense, page 23",
          "text": "On the other hand, one still would have to note that relations between NATO in London and OSR in Paris were still not as closely integrated as might be desired, and that the power of decision, especially on industrial and financial matters, still was not centered in one place in the NATO.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1964, Harry S. Truman, 0:18 from the start, in MP2002-479 Former President Truman Recalls Negotiating With DeGaulle and France after WWII, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162",
          "text": "Yes, France is geographically situated in a key position so far as Western Europe is concerned. They are really the bridge between Germany, Spain and Italy. And it was necessary to have a NATO organization that was unified and France was a necessary member of that organization.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, Lyndon Johnson, “Strengthening the Atlantic Community”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 305–306",
          "text": "What concerned me most about De Gaulle's decision was that it threatened the unity of NATO, which had been so carefully developed over two decades. NATO was essential to the security of Europe and the United States. I was convinced that the stronger and more unified we were, the more incentive the Soviets and their Warsaw Pact allies would have to work with us in solving outstanding problems and differences.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "January 4, 2001, Garry Kasparov, “The Russian President Trades on Fear”, in The Wall Street Journal, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-01-09, International",
          "text": "President Putin's KGB roots have sadly informed a style of governance that is neither reformist nor particularly democratic. The common thread throughout his domestic and foreign policies is his effort to trade on fear -- the fears of Russians that their country is under attack from hostile external forces (Chechens, NATO or free marketeers); and the fears of Westerners that if not for a strong, pragmatic leader, Russia will again become unruly, unstable and potentially aggressive.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 297",
          "text": "In the week since I’d seen him in the Oval Office, Bush had done well in Europe.[...]He’d made a strong statement on the expansion of NATO. “I believe in membership,” the president had said, “for all of Europe’s democracies that seek it and are ready to share the responsibilities that NATO brings.”[…]The president had even gone out of his way to reassure Putin that he had nothing to fear from the enlargement of NATO, which would not include Russia.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "North",
          "north#English"
        ],
        [
          "Atlantic",
          "Atlantic#English"
        ],
        [
          "Treaty",
          "treaty#English"
        ],
        [
          "Organization",
          "organization#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "acronym",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈneɪ.təʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈneɪ.toʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪtəʊ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "Nato"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NAVO"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "neto",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "ኔቶ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "an-nātū",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧الناتُو⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥilfu šamāli l-ʔaṭlasiyy",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧حِلْفُ شَمَالِ الأَطْلَسِيّ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "OTAN"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "NATŌ",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "ՆԱՏՕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "NÁTA",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "НА́ТА"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "nêṭō",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "ন্যাটো"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "neṭō",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "নেটো"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "NÁTO",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "НА́ТО"
    },
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "netui:",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "နေတိုး"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "OTAN"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "北約"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "bak¹ joek³",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "北约"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "北約"
    },
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      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "Pet-yok",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "北约"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "北約"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Běiyuē",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "北约"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "北約"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "roman": "Pak-iok",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "北约"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NAVO"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "OTAN"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "OTAN"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "naṭo",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "ნატო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nato"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "english": "NATO",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "ΝΑΤΟ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "OVS",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "ΟΒΣ"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nat\"o",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧נאט״ו⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "naiṭo",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "नैटो"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATÓ"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "OTAN"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "ECAT"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "N.A.T.O."
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO (Natō)"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "english": "NATO",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "НАТО"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "naatou",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "ណាតូ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼoutɑng",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "អូតង់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Nato",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "나토"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "english": "NATO",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "НАТО"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "nē tō",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "ເນໂຕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "english": "NATO",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "НАТО"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "nāṟṟō",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "നാറ്റോ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "nāṭo",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "नाटो"
    },
    {
      "code": "xmf",
      "lang": "Mingrelian",
      "roman": "naṭo",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "ნატო"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "english": "NATO",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "НАТО"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâto",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "⁧ناتو⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "OTAN"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "NÁTO",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "НА́ТО"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "НАТО"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "OTAN"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "english": "NATO",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "НАТО"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nāṭō",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "నాటో"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "naa-dtôo",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "นาโต้"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "KAAÖ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "NÁTO",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "НА́ТО"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "neṭo",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "⁧نیٹو⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "NATO"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "QAÜT",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "ХАҮТ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "nat\"o",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "word": "⁧נאַט\"אָ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "North Atlantic Treaty Organization",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ],
      "word": "i-NATO"
    }
  ],
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    "en:North Atlantic Treaty Organization"
  ],
  "word": "NATO"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "no+action+talk+only"
      },
      "expansion": "no+action+talk+only",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "word": "No Action Talk Only"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English acronyms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Malaysian English",
        "Singapore English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998-05-30, Kicker, “First on Everest are not Singaporeans - Sure or not?”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
          "text": "turn it off then. don't nato......pressure your government to do that.:)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003-01-24, ALIEN, “Spying activities at Pedra Branca”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
          "text": "haiya...i think, hah....our GOV also nowadays becoming NATO! (NATO = No Action Talk Only...!!!)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Acronym of No Action Talk Only."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, chiefly Malaysia and Singapore) Acronym of No Action Talk Only."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "all talk and no action"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore",
        "abbreviation",
        "acronym",
        "alt-of",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "NATO"
}

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  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "From National Association of Theatre Owners",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "NATO",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "National Association of Theatre Owners"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English acronyms",
        "en:Film genres"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Acronym of National Association of Theatre Owners."
      ],
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          "film#Noun"
        ],
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          "National",
          "national#English"
        ],
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          "Association",
          "association#English"
        ],
        [
          "Theatre",
          "theatre#English"
        ],
        [
          "Owners",
          "owner#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(US, film) Acronym of National Association of Theatre Owners."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "acronym",
        "alt-of"
      ],
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        "broadcasting",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:National Association of Theatre Owners"
  ],
  "word": "NATO"
}

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