"SFO" meaning in English

See SFO in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} SFO
  1. (UK, New Zealand) Initialism of Serious Fraud Office. Tags: New-Zealand, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Serious Fraud Office
    Sense id: en-SFO-en-name-IEs0pwm8 Categories (other): British English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 29 35
  2. Abbreviation of San Francisco International Airport. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: San Francisco International Airport
    Sense id: en-SFO-en-name-GQw8-5kY Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Law enforcement Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 29 35 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 30 70
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