FAO

Definition: FAO

FAO

Noun

1. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.

Date "FAO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1885. (references)

Specialty Definitions: FAO

Domain	Definitions
Agriculture	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (references)
Census	(Food and Agriculture Organization), United Nations. Established 1945. An organization established to raise the levels of nutrition and standards of living of peoples of member countries. (references)
Geological	The FAO is based out of Rome, Italy, to monitor, conduct research, and promote good practices in the area of food and agriculture throughout the world. (Food and Agriculture Organization). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: FAO

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
FAO	Danish	Food and Agriculture Organization	Food & Agriculture, Medicine
FAO	English	Faro	N/A
FAO	Finnish	YK:n elintarvike-ja maatalousjärjestö	Public Administration
FAO	French	Facteur d'accroissement de l'oxygénation	Chemistry
FAO	German	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Food & Agriculture, Medicine
FAO	Italian	Organizzazione per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura	Food & Agriculture, International Organizations
FAO	Portuguese	Organização das Nações Unidas para a Alimentação e Agricultura	Food & Agriculture, Medicine
FAO	Spanish	Organización para la Agricultura y la Alimentación	International Organizations, Transportation
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: FAO

Synonyms: Food & Agricultural Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization (n), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Na (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: FAO

Specialty definitions using "FAO": Codex Alimentarius Commission ♦ new fishery. (references)

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Commercial Usage: FAO

Domain	Title
Books	Fao Catalogue of Fishing Gear Designs (reference) FAO catalogue of small-scale fishing gear = Catalogue des engins de pêche artisanale = Catalogo de artes de pesca artesanal (reference) Fao Yearbook/Annuaire/Anuario: Trade/Commerce/Commercio 1995 (Vol 49) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Fao Documentation Current Bibliography (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: FAO

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	On average, FAO statistical area 87 provides around 45 per cent of the World's catch of small pelagic species.Credit: Fisheries.		The Mediterranean and Black Seas fall within the same FAO statistical area (Area 37) but, apart from some migratory species, their fisheries and resources are mostly separate. The total catch from Area 37 showed a generally positive trend until the mid-1980's, reaching about 2 million tons.Credit: Fisheries.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: FAO

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau also is a member of the G-77, ICAO, FAO and WHO. (references)
	Estonia	Estonia is a member of the UN, OSCE, NACC, COE, UNCTAD, ICFTU, IAEA, IMO, ICAO, FAO, WIPO, IMF, WB/EBRD, and other UN-related organizations. (references)
	Niger	The most important donors in Niger are France, the European Union, the World Bank, the IMF and other United Nations agencies (UNDP, UNICEF, FAO, WFP, and UNFPA). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: FAO

"FAO" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 67.12% of the time. "FAO" is used about 73 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	67.12%	49	48,677
Noun (singular)	27.4%	20	78,262
Noun (common)	5.48%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	73	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FAO

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
fao schwarz	1,107	fao schwatz	3
fao	509	fao baby	3
fao schwartz toy store	19	data fao intake sugar who	3
fao schwartz toy	16	fao s	3
fao inc	13	fao swartz toy	3
fao toy store	9	fao rome	3
fao job	8	fao schwartz boston	3
fao schwartz.com	7	fao scharz	3
chicago fao schwartz	7	fao usaf	3
fao un	6	fao schwartz catalog	2
fao schwartz new york	6	fao schwarz.com	2
fao schweetz	5	fao who	2
1991 fao who	4	fao shorts	2
display fao schwartz	4	fao shwartz toy store	2
es fao la que	4	fao siu.edu	2
fao vacancy	4	csuohio.edu fao	2
fao nyc schwartz	4	chicago fao schwarz	2
fao swartz toy store	4	center fao investment	2
fao nation united	3	fao on line	2
agriculture fao food organization	3	fao logiciel	2
fao schwarz toy store	3	fao sch	2
fao schwarz new york	3	fao toy	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: FAO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: oaf.
	Words within the letters "a-f-o"
	-1 letter: fa, of.
	Words containing the letters "a-f-o"
	+1 letter: fado, fano, faro, foal, foam, fora, loaf, oafs, ofay, sofa.
	+2 letters: afoot, afore, afoul, aloft, aloof, fados, fagot, fanon, fanos, faros, fatso, favor, float, flora, flota, foals, foams, foamy, focal, folia, foram, foray, fossa, fovea, ganof, loafs, loofa, ofays, offal, sofar, sofas, softa.
	+3 letters: afford, afloat, aftosa, confab, defoam, factor, faggot, fagots, falcon, fallow, famous, fandom, fanion, fanons, fantod, fantom, farrow, fathom, fatsos, favors, favour, fedora, feijoa, femora, fiasco, flacon, flagon, flavor, floats, floaty, florae, floral, floras, flotas, foaled, foamed, foamer, foeman, foetal, folate, foliar, fontal, forage, forams, forays, forbad, forgat, formal, format, fossae, fossas, foveae, foveal, foveas, fugato, ganofs, layoff, loafed, loafer, loofah, loofas, nonfan, nonfat, oafish, offals, orfray, payoff, safrol, shofar, sofars, softas.
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