"NGO" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: NGOs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} NGO (plural NGOs)
  1. Initialism of non-governmental organization. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: non-governmental organization Categories (topical): Collectives Hyponyms: ENGO, GONGO, INGO, quango Derived forms: NGO-isation Translations (non-governmental organization): مُنَظَّمَة غَيْر حُكُومِيَّة (munaẓẓama ḡayr ḥukūmiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ՈԿԿ (OKK) (Armenian), ONG (Asturian), QHT (Azerbaijani), ONG [feminine] (Catalan), 非政府組織 (Chinese Mandarin), 非政府组织 (fēizhèngfǔ zǔzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), NGO (Chinese Mandarin), ngo [common-gender] (Danish), NGO (Dutch), n.a. (Finnish), ONG (French), ONG (Galician), NGO (German), NRO (German), ΜΚΟ (MKO) [feminine] (Greek), NKSZ (Hungarian), NGO (Hungarian), 非政府組織 (hiseifu-soshiki) (alt: ひせいふそしき) (Japanese), NGO (enu jī ō) (Japanese), سمن (saman) (Persian), ONG [feminine] (Portuguese), НПО (NPO) [feminine] (Russian), неправи́тельственная организа́ция (nepravítelʹstvennaja organizácija) [feminine] (Russian), ONG (Spanish), NGO (Swedish), องค์การนอกภาครัฐ (ong-gaan-nɔ̂ɔk-pâak-rát) (Thai), STK (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "NGO-isation"
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        {
          "text": "Alternative forms: N.G.O., N. G. O."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Desh Bandhu, Harjit Singh, A. K. Maitra, editors, Environmental Education and Sustainable Development, New Delhi: Indian Environmental Society, page 486:",
          "text": "For instance, Philately is the most popular hobby of the world. Hence, introducing biophilately in the agenda of the concerned NGO will enhance its success in its aims. Spotting animals, birds, plants, insects, etc. on stamps may provide interested people with an efficient media of education […]",
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        {
          "ref": "2017, Stelios Stavridis, Davor Jancic, Parliamentary Diplomacy in European and Global Governance, page 102:",
          "text": "Often compared to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or associations, intergroups are also similar to lobbying groups because they receive external assistance in the form of financial and/or secretarial support.",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "munaẓẓama ḡayr ḥukūmiyya",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مُنَظَّمَة غَيْر حُكُومِيَّة"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "OKK",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "ՈԿԿ"
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          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
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          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "非政府組織"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "非政府组织"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "NGO"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ngo"
        },
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "NGO"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "ONG"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "ONG"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "NGO"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "NRO"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "MKO",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ΜΚΟ"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "NKSZ"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "NGO"
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          "alt": "ひせいふそしき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hiseifu-soshiki",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "非政府組織"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "NGO (enu jī ō)"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "saman",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "سمن"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "NPO",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "НПО"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nepravítelʹstvennaja organizácija",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "неправи́тельственная организа́ция"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "ONG"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "NGO"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ong-gaan-nɔ̂ɔk-pâak-rát",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "องค์การนอกภาครัฐ"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "non-governmental organization",
          "word": "STK"
        }
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    }
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      "word": "quango"
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          "text": "For instance, Philately is the most popular hobby of the world. Hence, introducing biophilately in the agenda of the concerned NGO will enhance its success in its aims. Spotting animals, birds, plants, insects, etc. on stamps may provide interested people with an efficient media of education […]",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "munaẓẓama ḡayr ḥukūmiyya",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
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      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "非政府組織"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "非政府组织"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "NGO"
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
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      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
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      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "ONG"
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      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "NGO"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "NRO"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "MKO",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
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      "alt": "ひせいふそしき",
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      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "非政府組織"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "NGO (enu jī ō)"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "saman",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "سمن"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "НПО"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepravítelʹstvennaja organizácija",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "неправи́тельственная организа́ция"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "ONG"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "NGO"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ong-gaan-nɔ̂ɔk-pâak-rát",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "องค์การนอกภาครัฐ"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "non-governmental organization",
      "word": "STK"
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  ],
  "word": "NGO"
}

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