VN
Translingual
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editVN
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Vietnam since 1976.
- (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for South Vietnam from 1974 to 1976.
Coordinate terms
edit- VD (formerly North Vietnam)
English
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Adjective
editVN
Noun
editVN (plural VNs)
- (veterinary, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) Initialism of veterinary nurse.
- 1963, American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, volume 143, page 179:
- But in addition, he adds to the tags of certain assistants the designation, “V.N.,” meaning veterinary nurse.
- 1999, Victoria Pybus, Working with Animals: The UK, Europe and Worldwide:
- Veterinary nurse applicants wanting to work for the Society have to follow the VN course (see Chapter One for details).
- 2006, British Small Animal Veterinary Association, BSAVA Congress 2006: Scientific Proceedings, page 20:
- Alison Young joined a small animal practice in 1998 as a student veterinary nurse and whilst there gained her VN qualification.
- (medicine) Initialism of vocational nurse.
- (software) Initialism of visual novel.
Coordinate terms
editveterinary nurse
vocational nurse
Derived terms
editvocational nurse
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editProper noun
editVN
- Initialism of Verenigde Nasies (United Nations)
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Verenigde (“United”) Naties f pl (“Nations”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editVN ?
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Etymology 1
editNoun
editVN m
Etymology 2
editFrom Vereinte (“United”) Nationen (“Nations”).
Proper noun
editVN f pl
- Initialism of Vereinte Nationen (United Nations)
Usage notes
editWhile VN is the official spelling, the most commonly used initialism is UN.
Romanian
editProper noun
editVN
- Abbreviation of Vrancea, a county in Romania.
Vietnamese
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