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Press Agency

Definition: Press Agency

Press Agency

Noun

1. An agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Press Agency

Synonyms: news agency (n), news organization (n), press association (n), wire service (n). (additional references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Press Agency

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Namibia

The Government owns one newspaper--the biweekly New Era--and two magazines--Namibia Today and Namibia Review, and the Government also runs the Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA). (references)

India

According the government press agency, Prasar Bharati, in the electronic media 90 percent of the channels are private, and 10 percent are operated by a semi-autonomous body which is controlled by the Government. (references)

Chad

The official media, consisting of a national radio network, a press agency, and N'Djamena's only national television station, were subject to both official and informal censorship; however, at times they were critical of the Government. (references)

Human Rights

Cuba

The independent press agency AIDH stated that he reportedly died from lack of medical treatment for diabetes, including a lack of a special diet. (references)

Minorities

Cote d'Ivoire

On September 13, the Malian Press Agency (AMAP) reported that 48 Bozos returned to Mali, following violent conflicts between Bozos and young Ivoirians in Beoumi, Sakassou, Tiebissou, and Bouafle. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Press Agency

Language Translations for "press agency"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

agjenci shtypi. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏وكالة أنباء (news agency). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

информационна агенция (news agency). (various references)

   

French

  

agence de presse. (various references)

   

German

  

Nachrichtenbüro. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

sajtóügynökség (syndicate). (various references)

   

Italian

  

agenzia di stampa. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

esspray agencyay

   

Portuguese

  

agência de publicidade (advertising agency), agência de informações. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

agenţie de presã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

газетное агентство. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

novinska agencija (news agency, news service). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

agencia de prensa (syndicate). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

nyhetsbyrå (news agency, newsagency). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

basın ajansı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Press Agency

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-g-n-p-r-s-s-y"

-2 letters: cageyness, necessary, passenger, sergeancy.

-3 letters: asperges, casernes, cypreses, escapers, grayness, greyness, presages, respaces, spencers, syncarps.

-4 letters: ancress, asperse, careens, carneys, caserne, caserns, censers, creases, cypress, encages, encases, enrages, escaper, escapes, escarps, essayer, gaspers, gayness, geysers, greases, gyrases, gyrenes, pareses, parsecs, pessary, prances, precess, presage, pyrenes, recanes, regency, respace, sangers, scenery, scrapes, screens, seances.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Press Agency


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 72 65 73 73      41 67 65 6E 63 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 00100000 01000001 01100111 01100101 01101110 01100011 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#114 &#101 &#115 &#115 &#32 &#65 &#103 &#101 &#110 &#99 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0072 0065 0073 0073      0041 0067 0065 006E 0063 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50847185852357371806991

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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