UNESCO
[ yoo-nes-koh ]
/ yuˈnɛs koʊ /
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noun
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
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Origin of UNESCO
U(nited)N(ations)E(ducational), S(cientific, and)C(ultural)O(rganization)
Words nearby UNESCO
unequipped, unequitable, unequivocal, unequivocally, unerring, UNESCO, unescorted, unessential, unestablished, unethical, uneven
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UNESCO
/ (juːˈnɛskəʊ) /
n acronym for
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization: an agency of the United Nations that sponsors programmes to promote education, communication, the arts, etc
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