MENA

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mena"

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Proper noun

MENA

  1. (politics) Initialism of Middle East News Agency (a Cairo-based news agency, established 1955, nationalized and affiliated to the Egyptian Ministry of Information in 1960.)
  2. (politics) Initialism of Middle East and North Africa.
    • 2006, The MENA region is anything but stable today, A. H. Cordesman, K. R. Al-Rodhan, The Changing Dynamics of Energy in the Middle East, →ISBN, page 65:

Usage notes

  • In use since the 1970s by the IPPF. Used by the World Bank and IMF from about 1980. Often written as "MENA Region" or "MENA region". The MENAFATF (or MENA FATF) was established in 2004.

Derived terms

Middle East, North Africa
Middle East, North Africa

Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmena/
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: ME‧NA

Noun

MENA m or f by sense (plural MENAS)

  1. (Spain) Acronym of menor extranjero no acompañado m., menor extranjera no acompañada f (“unaccompanied foreign minor”)
    • 2019 November 10, Elvira Lindo, “Chiringuitos, inmigrantes, MENAS”, in El País‎:
      En el autobús, una señora le decía a otra que prefería mil veces un centro de metadona que uno de MENAS (me encanta cómo nos hemos aprendido todos la palabreja).
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2021 January 25, Luis F. Durán, “Dos 'menas' insultan, amenazan y rompen el coche de una educadora que les retiró la paga por inhalar disolvente en el centro de Casa de Campo”, in El Mundo‎:
      Dos menas del centro de la Casa de Campo insultaron, agredieron y causaron daños en el coche de una educadora del centro que decidió retirarles la paga semanal al incumplir las normas establecidas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2021 August 17, Pablo Gómez, “El duro ataque de Vox contra Almeida: “El PP con la izquierda: paguitas a los menas y Madrid Central””, in La Razón‎:
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