VN
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VN
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Vietnam since 1976.
- (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for South Vietnam from 1974 to 1976.
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- VD (formerly North Vietnam)
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VN
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VN (plural VNs)
- (veterinary, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) Initialism of veterinary nurse.
- 1963, American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, volume 143, page 179:
- But in addition, he adds to the tags of certain assistants the designation, “V.N.,” meaning veterinary nurse.
- 1999, Victoria Pybus, Working with Animals: The UK, Europe and Worldwide:
- Veterinary nurse applicants wanting to work for the Society have to follow the VN course (see Chapter One for details).
- 2006, British Small Animal Veterinary Association, BSAVA Congress 2006: Scientific Proceedings, page 20:
- Alison Young joined a small animal practice in 1998 as a student veterinary nurse and whilst there gained her VN qualification.
- (medicine) Initialism of vocational nurse.
- (software) Initialism of visual novel.
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veterinary nurse
vocational nurse
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vocational nurse
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VN
- Initialism of Verenigde Nasies (United Nations)
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From Verenigde (“United”) Naties f pl (“Nations”).
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VN ?
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VN m
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From Vereinte (“United”) Nationen (“Nations”).
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VN f pl
- Initialism of Vereinte Nationen (United Nations)
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While VN is the official spelling, the most commonly used initialism is UN.
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VN
- Abbreviation of Vrancea, a county in Romania.
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VN