NATO

[ ney-toh ]

noun

1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization: a political and military alliance established in 1949 in Washington, D.C., by 12 countries in Europe and North America for the purpose of collective defense against aggression, now comprising 30 member nations: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

NATO

/ ˈneɪtəʊ /

acronym for

1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an international organization composed of the US, Canada, Britain, and a number of European countries: established by the North Atlantic Treaty (1949) for purposes of collective security. In 1994 it launched the Partnership for Peace initiative, in order to forge alliances with former Warsaw Pact countries; in 1997 a treaty of cooperation with Russia was signed and in 1999 Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic became full NATO members

Word History and Origins

Origin of NATO¹

N(orth) A(tlantic) T(reaty) O(rganization)

Example Sentences

In his statement, Rigi named Naser Boledi as a main mediator between him and representatives of NATO.

From The Daily Beast

This must be added to our national security priorities and those of NATO.

From The Daily Beast

Turkey, a NATO member and European Union aspirant, has a long history of jailing journalists and dissenters.

From The Daily Beast

It took more than a dozen years for the Afghan and NATO forces to really understand each other, but all that will soon be history.

From The Daily Beast

Turkey has been a candidate to the European Union since 1999 and a staunch NATO partner since 1952.

From The Daily Beast

E chi ne assicura, che il Boccaccio non fosse nato nella sua villa di Corbignano quivi poco distante?

From Project Gutenberg

NATO and the international peacekeeping force against an unholy – and, until recently, improbable – alliance.

From Project Gutenberg

NATO, struggling to redefine itself and perpetuate its totally superfluous existence.

From Project Gutenberg

For it runs as follows: "Africa capta Mundus cum nato peribit."

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