ICAO spelling alphabet

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ICAO spelling alphabet (uncountable)

1. Shortened name for the ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet of the International Civil Aviation Organization. This alphabet assigns names to letters of the alphabet for clearer enunciation (and for the same reason pronounces the numeral 9 as "niner"):
   • Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.

Translations

ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (short name) 北約音標字母 (cmn), 北约音标字母 (cmn) (Běiyuē Yīnbiāo Zìmǔ), (formal name) 國際無線電通話拼寫字母 (cmn), 国际无线电通话拼写字母 (cmn) (Guójì Wúxiàndiàn Tōnghuà Pīnxiě Zìmǔ)

• Finnish: ICAO:n radioaakkoset (fi)
• Spanish: yanqui (es) m

Synonyms

• NATO phonetic alphabet

See also

• Appendix:Finnish phonetic alphabet
• Appendix:French phonetic alphabet
• Appendix:German phonetic alphabet
• Appendix:Italian phonetic alphabet
• Appendix:Korean phonetic alphabet
• Appendix:Portuguese phonetic alphabet
• Appendix:Russian phonetic alphabet
• Appendix:Spanish phonetic alphabet