See NG in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"Initialism of National Geographic."
],
"links": [
[
"National Geographic",
"w:National Geographic"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "New Guinea"
}
],
"categories": [
"English abbreviations"
],
"glosses": [
"Abbreviation of New Guinea"
],
"links": [
[
"New Guinea",
"New Guinea#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of"
]
}
],
"word": "NG"
}
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