NATO

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈneɪ.təʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈneɪ.toʊ/
Rhymes: -eɪtəʊ

Proper nounEdit

NATO

Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Synonym: (invective) North Atlantic Terrorist Organization
- 1951 October 5, Activities in Europe Concerned with Material Support of NATO and MDAP‎^[1], Office of the Secretary of Defense, page 23:
  On the other hand, one still would have to note that relations between NATO in London and OSR in Paris were still not as closely integrated as might be desired, and that the power of decision, especially on industrial and financial matters, still was not centered in one place in the NATO.
- 1964, Truman, Harry S., MP2002-479 Former President Truman Recalls Negotiating With DeGaulle and France after WWII‎^[2], Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162, 0:18 from the start:
  Yes, France is geographically situated in a key position so far as Western Europe is concerned. They are really the bridge between Germany, Spain and Italy. And it was necessary to have a NATO organization that was unified and France was a necessary member of that organization.
- 2007, Biden, Joe, Promises to Keep‎^[3], New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, LCCN 2007019603, OCLC 1262796254, page 297:
  In the week since I’d seen him in the Oval Office, Bush had done well in Europe.[...]He’d made a strong statement on the expansion of NATO. “I believe in membership,” the president had said, “for all of Europe’s democracies that seek it and are ready to share the responsibilities that NATO brings.” […] The president had even gone out of his way to reassure Putin that he had nothing to fear from the enlargement of NATO, which would not include Russia.

Usage notesEdit

Although a definite article usually precedes North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as an acronym the article can be either present (the NATO) or absent (NATO), with the latter being much more common.

Alternative formsEdit

Nato

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

→ Bengali: ন্যাটো (nêṭo), নেটো (neṭo)
→ Finnish: Nato, NATO
→ German: NATO, Nato
→ Hebrew: נאט״ו‎ (nat"o)
→ Hindi: नैटो (naiṭo)
→ Japanese: NATO
→ Korean: 나토 (nato)
→ Polish: NATO
→ Portuguese: NATO
→ Russian: НА́ТО (NÁTO)
- → Armenian: ՆԱՏՕ (NATŌ)
- → Kyrgyz: НАТО (NATO)
→ Swedish: Nato, NATO
→ Telugu: నాటో (nāṭō)

TranslationsEdit

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Afrikaans: NAVO
Albanian: NATO
Amharic: ኔቶ (neto)
Arabic: الناتُو‎ (an-nātū)
Aragonese: OTAN f
Armenian: ՆԱՏՕ (hy) (NATŌ)
Azerbaijani: NATO (az)
Belarusian: НА́ТА f (NÁTA)
Bengali: ন্যাটো (nêṭo), নেটো (neṭo)
Bulgarian: НА́ТО (NÁTO)
Burmese: နေတိုး (netui:)
Catalan: OTAN (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 北約 (bak¹ joek³)

Mandarin: 北約 (zh), 北约 (zh) (Běiyuē)
Czech: NATO (cs) n
Danish: NATO
Dutch: NAVO (nl)
Esperanto: NATO
Estonian: NATO (et)
Finnish: NATO (fi)
French: OTAN (fr) f
Galician: OTAN (gl) f
Georgian: ნატო (naṭo)
German: NATO (de) f, Nato (de) f
Greek: ΝΑΤΟ (el) (NATO), ΟΒΣ (OVS)
Hebrew: נאט״ו‎ f (nat"o)
Hindi: नैटो (naiṭo)
Hungarian: NATO (hu)
Ido: NATO
Indonesian: NATO
Interlingua: OTAN
Irish: ECAT
Italian: NATO (it), N.A.T.O.

Japanese: NATO (ja) (Natō)
Kazakh: НАТО (NATO)
Khmer: ណាតូ (naatou)
Korean: 나토 (Nato)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: NATO (ku)
Kyrgyz: НАТО (NATO)
Lao: ເນໂຕ (nē tō)
Latvian: NATO
Lithuanian: NATO
Macedonian: НАТО f (NATO)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: NATO (no)
Persian: ناتو‎ (fa) (nâto)
Polish: NATO (pl)
Portuguese: OTAN (pt) f, NATO (pt) f
Romanian: NATO (ro)
Russian: НА́ТО (ru) f (NÁTO)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: НАТО

Roman: NATO (sh)
Slovak: NATO (sk)
Slovene: NATO (sl)
Spanish: OTAN (es) f
Swedish: NATO (sv)
Tajik: НАТО (NATO)
Telugu: నాటో (nāṭō)
Thai: นาโต้ (naa-dtôo)
Turkish: NATO (tr)
Ukrainian: НА́ТО (uk) f (NÁTO)
Urdu: نیٹو‎
Uzbek: NATO
Vietnamese: NATO
Yakut: ХАҮТ (XAÜT)

Etymology 2Edit

PhraseEdit

NATO

(slang, chiefly Malaysia and Singapore) Acronym of No Action Talk Only.
Synonym: all talk and no action
- 1998 May 30, Kicker, “First on Everest are not Singaporeans - Sure or not?”, in soc.culture.malaysia, Usenet:
  turn it off then. don't nato......pressure your government to do that.:)
- 2003 January 24, ALIEN, “Spying activities at Pedra Branca”, in soc.culture.malaysia, Usenet:
  haiya...i think, hah....our GOV also nowadays becoming NATO! (NATO = No Action Talk Only...!!!)