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NATO
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Appendix:Variations of "nato"
English
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Etymology 1
From en North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Pronunciation
en /ˈneɪ.təʊ/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-NATO.wav Southern England
en /ˈneɪ.toʊ/ US
en eɪtəʊ 2
Proper noun
en north Atlantic treaty organization
en Activities in Europe Concerned with Material Support of NATO and MDAP https://books.google.com/books?id=DBSxSm2Z_K8C Office of the Secretary of Defense 10/05/1951 23 https://books.google.com/books?id=DBSxSm2Z_K8C&pg=PA23 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.
en 1964 w:Harry S. Truman MP2002-479 Former President Truman Recalls Negotiating With DeGaulle and France after WWII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2MiLnjo2jM w:Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum National Archives Identifier: 595162 0:18 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.
en 1971 w:Lyndon Johnson Strengthening the Atlantic Community w:The Vantage Point https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/ w:Holt, Reinhart & Winston 0-03-084492-4 74-102146 1067880747 305–306 https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/page/305/ What concerned me most about De Gaulle's decision was that it threatened the unity of NATO, which had been so carefully developed over two decades. NATO was essential to the security of Europe and the United States. I was convinced that the stronger and more unified we were, the more incentive the Soviets and their Warsaw Pact allies would have to work with us in solving outstanding problems and differences.
en January 4, 2001 w:Garry Kasparov The Russian President Trades on Fear w:The Wall Street Journal https://archive.is/oD9a5 09 January 2015 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB978557618543476506 International 0099-9660 781541372 https://web.archive.org/web/20150112104226/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB978557618543476506 President Putin's KGB roots have sadly informed a style of governance that is neither reformist nor particularly democratic. The common thread throughout his domestic and foreign policies is his effort to trade on fear -- the fears of Russians that their country is under attack from hostile external forces (Chechens, NATO or free marketeers); and the fears of Westerners that if not for a strong, pragmatic leader, Russia will again become unruly, unstable and potentially aggressive.
en 2007 w:Joe Biden Promises to Keep (Biden book) Promises to Keep https://archive.org/details/promisestokeepon00joeb/ 2008 New York w:Random House 978-0-8129-7621-2 2007019603 1262796254 297 https://archive.org/details/promisestokeepon00joeb/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.
en Nick Paton Walsh Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/world/analysis-trump-second-term-world-intl/index.html 2024-11-09 Trump’s grotesque and incomprehensible fondness for Putin makes the details of any deal highly dangerous for Europe and the NATO alliance, founded to confront Russia. https://web.archive.org/web/20241226065247/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/world/analysis-trump-second-term-world-intl/index.html
Usage notes
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 forms
en Nato generally proscribed in North America recommended by some style guides
Derived terms
en intra-NATO
en NATOish
en NATOist
en NATOstan
en NAFO
Related terms
en North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Descendants
am ኔቶ 1
ar ناتو nātō 1
bn ন্যাটো 1 1
fi Nato 1 1
de NATO 1 1
he נאט״ו nat"o 1
hi नैटो 1
ja NATO 1
ko 나토 1
pl NATO 1
pt NATO 1
ru НА́ТО 1
sv Nato 1 1
te నాటో 1
Translations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Afrikaans: af NAVO
Albanian: sq NATO
Amharic: am ኔቶ
Arabic: ar الناتُو m, ar حِلْفُ شَمَالِ الأَطْلَسِيّ m
Aragonese: an OTAN f
Armenian: hy ՆԱՏՕ
Azerbaijani: az NATO
Belarusian: be НА́ТА f
Bengali: bn ন্যাটো, bn নেটো
Bulgarian: bg НА́ТО
Burmese: my နေတိုး
Catalan: ca OTAN f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 北約 bak1 joek3
Hakka: hak 北約 Pet-yok
Hokkien: nan-hbl 北約 Pak-iok
Mandarin: cmn 北約 Běiyuē
Czech: cs NATO n
Danish: da NATO
Dutch: nl NAVO f
Esperanto: eo NATO
Estonian: et NATO
Finnish: fi NATO
French: fr OTAN f
Galician: gl OTAN f
Georgian: ka ნატო
German: de NATO f, de Nato f
Greek: el ΝΑΤΟ, el ΟΒΣ
Greenlandic: kl
Haitian Creole: ht
Hebrew: he נָאט״וֹ f nát"o
Hindi: hi नैटो
Hungarian: hu NATO
Icelandic: is NATÓ
Ido: io NATO
Indonesian: id NATO
Interlingua: ia OTAN
Irish: ga ECAT
Italian: it NATO, it N.A.T.O., it OTAN
Japanese: ja NATO Natō
Javanese: jv
Kazakh: kk НАТО
Khmer: km ណាតូ, km អូតង់
Korean: ko ^나토
Krio: kri
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr NATO
Kyrgyz: ky НАТО
Lao: lo ເນໂຕ
Latvian: lv NATO
Lithuanian: lt NATO
Luxembourgish: lb
Macedonian: mk НАТО f
Malayalam: ml നാറ്റോ
Maltese: mt
Marathi: mr नाटो
Marshallese: mh
Mingrelian: xmf ნატო
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn НАТО
Ndebele:
Northern Ndebele: nd
Southern Ndebele: nr
Nepali: ne
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb NATO
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira ناتو nâto
Polish: pl NATO
Portuguese: pt OTAN f, pt NATO f
Romanian: ro NATO, ro OTAN
Cyrillic: ro НАТО, ro ОТАН
Russian: ru НА́ТО f
Sami:
Northern Sami: se NATO
Scottish Gaelic: gd
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh НАТО
Latin: sh NATO
Sicilian: scn
Slovak: sk NATO
Slovene: sl NATO
Somali: so
Sotho: st
Spanish: es OTAN f
Swedish: sv NATO
Tagalog: tl
Tajik: tg НАТО
Telugu: te నాటో
Thai: th นาโต้ naa-dtôo
Tibetan: bo
Tsonga: ts
Tswana: tn
Turkish: tr NATO, tr KAAÖ
Turkmen: tk
Ukrainian: uk НА́ТО f
Urdu: ur نَیٹو
Uzbek: uz NATO
Venda: ve
Vietnamese: vi NATO
Welsh: cy NATO m
Xhosa: xh
Yakut: sah ХАҮТ
Yiddish: yi נאַט"אָ
Zulu: zu i-NATO c5 c6
See also
en NORAD, en EUCOM, en USEUCOM, en NORTHCOM, en USNORTHCOM, en USLANTFLT, en LANTFLT, en USAFE, en AFE, en SEATO
Etymology 2
From en no+action+talk+only, from talking without acting.
Phrase
phr
en slang chiefly Malaysia _ and _ Singapore en No Action Talk Only.
en all talk and no action
en 1998-05-30 Kicker First on Everest are not Singaporeans - Sure or not? soc.culture.malaysia turn it off then. don't nato......pressure your government to do that.:)
en 2003-01-24 ALIEN Spying activities at Pedra Branca soc.culture.malaysia haiya...i think, hah....our GOV also nowadays becoming NATO! (NATO = No Action Talk Only...!!!)
Etymology 3
From en National Association of Theatre Owners.
Proper noun
en US cinema en National Association of Theatre Owners.
Further reading
Anagrams
en anot NOTA anot nota tona
en acronyms 4-letter abbreviations
en Cold War Organizations
German
Alternative forms
de Nato
Etymology
de :bor en:NATO
de en NATO.
Pronunciation
de /ˈnaːto/
de De-NATO.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f.article
NATO
de Nordatlantikpakt
de NATO-Streitkräfte NATO forces
de NATO-Truppen NATO troops
Declension
f.sg
Further reading
de
de Organizations
Indonesian
id:
Pronunciation
na.to
id nato
Proper noun
id international relations military politics en NATO
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
it :bor en:NATO
it en NATO.
Pronunciation
nàto
Proper noun
f
en NATO
Further reading
it
Japanese
Etymology
ja en NATO.
Pronunciation
ナトー 1 DJR,NHK
Proper noun
proper ナトー
NATO
References
ja Organizations
ja terms written in foreign scripts
ja Cold War Organizations
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :obor en:NATO + 1
Pronunciation
Pl-NATO.ogg
Proper noun
n yes
en NATO
Derived terms
pl adjectives antynatowski natowski NATO-wski
Further reading
pl initialisms
pl Organizations
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :obor en:NATO + 1
Pronunciation
pt nato
pt atu 2
Proper noun
f
pt OTAN
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
m-in
sh Organizacija Sjevernoatlantskog sporazuma (also sh Sjevernoatlantski savez), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Turkish
Etymology
tr :obor en:NATO + 1
Proper noun
en NATO
tr KAAÖ
Declension