UNICEF

See also: Unicef and U.N.I.C.E.F.

English

Alternative forms

Unicef (Britain, Australia, New Zealand)
U.N.I.C.E.F.

Etymology

Acronym of its original name, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Now officially United Nations Children's Fund.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈju.niˌsɛf/

Proper noun

UNICEF

An agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

Translations

United Nations agency

Arabic: يونيسيف m (yúnisef, yunisēf)
Armenian: ՅՈՒՆԻՍԵՖ (YUNISEF)
Bulgarian: УНИЦЕФ m (UNICEF)
Georgian: იუნისეფი (iunisepi)
Hindi: यूनिसेफ़ (yūnisef)
Japanese: UNICEF (ja) (Yunisefu), ユニセフ (Yunisefu)
Korean: 유니세프 (Yunisepeu)
Macedonian: УНИЦЕФ m (UNICEF), Уницеф m (Unicef)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: یونیسِف (fa) (yunisef)
Portuguese: UNICEF f
Russian: ЮНИСЕ́Ф (ru) m (JuNISJéF)
Ukrainian: ЮНІСЕ́Ф m (JuNISÉF)
Urdu: یُونِیسِف (yūnīsif)

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English UNICEF.

Proper noun

UNICEF(ユニセフ) • (Yunisefu)

Synonym of 国際連合児童基金 (Kokusai Rengō Jidō Kikin, “United Nations Children's Emergency Fund”); the UNICEF

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