NGO

NGO (plural NGOs)

1. Initialism of non-governmental organization.

   Alternative forms: N.G.O., N. G. O.

   Coordinate terms: IGO, MNC

   • 1990, Desh Bandhu, Harjit Singh, A. K. Maitra, editors, Environmental Education and Sustainable Development, New Delhi: Indian Environmental Society, page 486:

     For instance, Philately is the most popular hobby of the world. Hence, introducing biophilately in the agenda of the concerned NGO will enhance its success in its aims. Spotting animals, birds, plants, insects, etc. on stamps may provide interested people with an efficient media of education […]

   • 2017, Stelios Stavridis, Davor Jancic, Parliamentary Diplomacy in European and Global Governance, page 102:

     Often compared to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or associations, intergroups are also similar to lobbying groups because they receive external assistance in the form of financial and/or secretarial support.

   • 2024 December 30, Associated Press, “The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The announcement comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they didn’t wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. […] It’s the Taliban’s latest attempt to control or intervene in NGO activity.

• -gon, Ong, gon, gon', gon-, nog

Borrowed from English NGO.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.d͡ʒiˈɔʊ̯/, /ˌɛn.d͡ʒiˈoː/, /ˌɛn.ɡeˈoː/
• The intermediate form is probably the commonest.

NGO f (genitive NGO, plural NGOs or NGO's or NGO)

1. abbreviation of Nichtregierungsorganisation or nichtstaatliche Organisation:

   Synonym: NRO