acronym
noun [C] /ˈæk.rə.nɪm/Definition
› an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word: AIDS is an acronym for 'Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome'.Terminology and vocabulary
(Definition of acronym noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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