"OPEC" meaning in English

See OPEC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈəʊpɛk/ [UK]
Head templates: {{en-prop}} OPEC
  1. Acronym of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Categories (topical): Organizations, Petroleum Translations (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries): اُوبِك (ōbek) (Arabic), اُوبِيك (ōbēk) (Arabic), 歐佩克 (Chinese Mandarin), 欧佩克 (Ōupèikè) (Chinese Mandarin), OPEP [feminine] (French), ΟΠΕΚ (OPEK) [masculine] (Greek), МЭЕҰ (MÉEŪ) (Kazakh), Мұнай экспорттаушы елдер ұйымы (Mūnai éksporttauşy elder ūiymy) (Kazakh), ओपेक (opek) (Marathi), اوپک (opek) (Persian), OPEP [feminine] (Portuguese), ОПЕ́К (OPJéK) [feminine] (Russian), OPEP [feminine] (Spanish), OPEC (Swedish), ОПЕ́К (OPÉK) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Організація країн-експортерів нафти (Orhanizacija krajin-eksporteriv nafty) (Ukrainian)
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