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NGO
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Appendix:Variations of "ngo"
English
Pronunciation
en /ˌɛnˌdʒiːˈəʊ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-NGO.wav Southern England
Noun
en non-governmental organization.
en N.G.O. N. G. O.
en IGO MNC
en 1990 Desh Bandhu; Harjit Singh; A. K. Maitra Environmental Education and Sustainable Development New Delhi Indian Environmental Society 9gE-AAAAYAAJ 486 biophilately For instance, Philately is the most popular hobby of the world. Hence, introducing biophilately in the agenda of the concerned NGO will enhance its success in its aims. Spotting animals, birds, plants, insects, etc. on stamps may provide interested people with an efficient media of education
en 2017 Stelios Stavridis; Davor Jancic Parliamentary Diplomacy in European and Global Governance 102 Often compared to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or associations, intergroups are also similar to lobbying groups because they receive external assistance in the form of financial and/or secretarial support.
en Associated Press The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/30/asia/afghanistan-taliban-ngos-women-intl-hnk/index.html 2024-12-30 The announcement comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they didn’t wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. It’s the Taliban’s latest attempt to control or intervene in NGO activity. https://web.archive.org/web/20250909184033/https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/30/asia/afghanistan-taliban-ngos-women-intl-hnk/index.html 9 September 2025
Hyponyms
en ENGO GONGO INGO quango
Derived terms
en NGO-ization NGOification NGO-isation
Translations
non-governmental organization
Albanian: sq OJQ
Arabic: ar مُنَظَّمَة غَيْر حُكُومِيَّة f munaẓẓama ḡayr ḥukūmiyya
Armenian: hy ՈԿԿ
Asturian: ast ONG
Azerbaijani: az QHT
Bulgarian: bg НПО f
Catalan: ca ONG f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 非政府組織 fēizhèngfǔ zǔzhī, cmn NGO
Danish: da ngo c
Dutch: nl NGO
Finnish: fi n.a.
French: fr ONG
Galician: gl ONG
German: de NGO, de NRO
Greek: el ΜΚΟ f
Hungarian: hu NKSZ, hu NGO
Japanese: ja 非政府組織 ひせいふそしき, hiseifu-soshiki, ja NGO enu jī ō
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk НВО
Persian: fa سمن saman
Polish: pl NGO n
Portuguese: pt ONG f
Russian: ru НПО f, ru неправи́тельственная организа́ция f
Spanish: es ONG
Swedish: sv NGO
Thai: th องค์การนอกภาครัฐ
Turkish: tr STK
Anagrams
en gno -gon Ong gon gon' gon- nog
en Collectives
German
Etymology
de :bor en:NGO
de en NGO.
Pronunciation
de /ˌɛn.d͡ʒiˈɔʊ̯/ /ˌɛn.d͡ʒiˈoː/ /ˌɛn.ɡeˈoː/
de De-NGO.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
The intermediate form is probably the commonest.
Noun
f,s:'s:-
de Nichtregierungsorganisation,nichtstaatliche Organisation: NGO
de NRO