Abbreviations related to the place ‘North and Central America’
North and Central America: Canada, United States, Mexico, Central American states, Caribbean, West Indies.
- Code
-
Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- BESS
-
Biomedical Experiments Scientific Satellite
The Biomedical Experiments Scientific Satellite (BESS) program was proposed to provide a long-duration, Earth-orbiting facility to expose a variety of specimens and especially primates in a series of basic biological and medical studies. The large pressurized experiment module should contain a life support system (LSS), a waste management system (WMS), specimen-holding facilities, as well as monitoring, evaluating, and data-handling equipment.
- BFEC
-
Bendix Field Engineering Corporation
- BID
-
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (https://www.iadb.org/es)
BID is equivalent to IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) in English, IADB (Inter-American Development Bank) in English, BID (Banque Interaméricaine de Développement) in French, BID (Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento) in Portuguese.
- BID
-
Banque Interaméricaine de Développement (https://www.iadb.org/fr)
BID is equivalent to IDB, IADB (see above).
- BID
-
Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (https://www.iadb.org/pt)
BID is equivalent to IDB, IADB (see above).
- BIDC
-
Barbados Investment and Development Corporation
- BIO
-
Bedford Institute of Oceanography (www.bio.gc.ca)
- BMB
-
Base Maintenance Building
- BMB
-
Bench Maintenance Building
The abbreviation BMB (Bench Maintenance Building) includes the abbreviation BM (Bench Maintenance).
- BMDO
-
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
The abbreviation BMDO (Ballistic Missile Defense Organization) includes the abbreviation BM (Ballistic Missile).
- BRH
-
Banque de la République d’Haïti
- BSSA
-
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
- BVP
-
Bessemer Venture Partners (https://www.bvp.com)
- BuSSA
-
The Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
- CAA
-
Colorado Assessors Association (https://e-caa.com/)
- CAAB
-
Canadian Association of Animal Breeders
- CAAML
-
Canadian Avalanche Association Markup Language
- CAAO
-
Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers (https://caao.com/)
- CABA
-
Connecticut Antiquarian Booksellers Association
- CAD
-
(The) Chicago Assyrian Dictionary
- CADE
-
Canadian Association for Distance Education
- CAFB
-
Chanute Air Force Base
The abbreviation CAFB (Chanute Air Force Base) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and AFB (Air Force Base).
- CAJV
-
Centre Aviaire Johanne Vaillancourt
- CAJV
-
Community Acquisition Joint Venture
- CAL
-
Center for Applied Linguistics (https://www.cal.org/)
- CALAS
-
Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science (www.calas-acsal.org)
- CALL
-
Canadian Association of Law Libraries (https://www.callacbd.ca/)
CALL is equivalent to ACBD (Association Canadienne des Bibliothèques de Droit) in French.
- CAMET
-
Central American Metrology Cooperation
- CAMR
-
Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime
CAMR is equivalent to RAMC (Régime Canadien d’Accès aux Médicaments) in French.
- CAN
-
Canadian Arthritis Network (www.arthritisnetwork.ca)
- CANDU
-
CANada Deuterium Uranium
- CANMES
-
Canadian Committee of the Middle East Studies Association
- CAP
-
Canadian Association of Palynologists
- CAP
-
College of Alberta Psychologists
- CAPA
-
Canadian Association for Photographic Art (www.capacanada.ca)
- CAPA
-
Canadian American Pudelpointer Association
- CAPA
-
Canadian Access and Privacy Association (www.capa.ca)
CAPA is equivalent to ACAP (Association Canadienne d'Accès à l’information et de la Protection des renseignements personnels) in French.
- CAPA
-
Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology
- CAPA
-
Canadian Association of Physician Assistants
- CAPA
-
Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association (www.capa-acca.com)
CAPA is equivalent to ACAP (Association Canadienne de Conservation Aéronautique) in French.
- CAPA
-
Canadian Asian Party Association
- CAPA
-
Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (www.arthritispatient.ca)
- CAPA
-
Canadian Animation Producers Association
- CARDE
-
Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment
- CARFITA
-
Caribbean Free Trade Association
- CARIBCAN
-
Caribbean-Canada Preferential Trading Arrangement
- CARICOM
-
Caribbean Community and Common Market (https://caricom.org/)
- CARIMET
-
Caribbean Metrology Cooperation
CARIMET is equivalent to CARIMET (Coopération Caribéenne de Métrologie) in French, CARIMET (Cooperação Caribenha de Metrologia) in Portuguese.
- CARIMET
-
Coopération Caribéenne de Métrologie
CARIMET is equivalent to CARIMET (see above).
- CARIMET
-
Cooperação Caribenha de Metrologia
CARIMET is equivalent to CARIMET (see above).
- CARNA
-
College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta
- CASA
-
Canadian Asian Studies Association
- CASB
-
Cost Accounting Standards Board
The Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) is an independent board legislatively established to make, promulgate, and amend cost accounting standards (CAS) and interpretations so as to achieve uniformity and consistency in the practices governing the measurement, assignment, and allocation of costs to contracts with the United States.
The abbreviation CASB (Cost Accounting Standards Board) includes the abbreviation CAS (Cost Accounting Standard).
- CASJ
-
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal
- CASJQ
-
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal Quarter
- CAURA
-
Canadian Association of University Research Administrators
CAURA is equivalent to ACARU (Association Canadienne d'Administrateurs de Recherche Universitaire) in French.
- CBCA
-
Canadian Border Collie Association
- CBO
-
Congressional Budget Office (https://www.cbo.gov/)
- CBS
-
Canadian Blood Services (www.bloodservices.ca)
- CCAAN
-
Comisión para la Cooperación Ambiental de América del Norte (www.cec.org/es/)
CCAAN is equivalent to NACEC (North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation) in English, CNACE (Commission Nord-Américaine de Coopération Environnementale) in French, CNACA (Comissão Norte-americana de Cooperação Ambiental) in Portuguese.
- CCAC
-
Canadian Council on Animal Care (www.ccac.ca)
- CCAFS
-
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
The abbreviation CCAFS (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- CCARES
-
Culver City Amateur Radio Emergency Service
- CCASLS
-
Canadian Council of Area Studies Learned Societies
- CCCB
-
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
CCCB is equivalent to CECC (Conférence des Évêques Catholiques du Canada) in French.
- CCCI
-
Consejo Canadiense de Cooperación Internacional (www.ccic.ca)
CCCI is equivalent to CCIC (Canadian Council for International Cooperation) in English, CCCI (Conseil Canadien pour la Coopération Internationale) in French, CCCI (Conselho Canadense para Cooperação Internacional) in Portuguese.
- CCCI
-
Conseil Canadien pour la Coopération Internationale (www.ccic.ca)
CCCI is equivalent to CCIC (see above).
- CCCI
-
Conselho Canadense para Cooperação Internacional (www.ccic.ca)
CCCI is equivalent to CCIC (see above).
- CCCPA
-
Chicago Chinese Computing Professional Association
- CCEP
-
Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness
- CCEP
-
Canadian Certified Environmental Practitioner
- CCEP
-
Center for Corporate Environmental Performance (https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/ccep/)
- CCFF
-
Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility
- CCGEA
-
Conseil Canadien de la Gestion d’Entreprise Agricole
CCGEA is equivalent to CFBMC (Canadian Farm Business Management Council) in English.
- CCIC
-
Canadian Council for International Cooperation (www.ccic.ca)
CCIC is equivalent to CCCI, CCIC (see above).
- CCIS
-
Conférence Canadienne des Instituts Séculiers
CCIS is equivalent to CCSI (Canadian Conference of Secular Institutes) in English.
- CCLAT
-
Centre Canadien de Lutte contre l'Alcoolisme et les Toxicomanies (https://www.ccsa.ca/fr)
CCLAT is equivalent to CCSA (Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse) in English.
- CCMAT
-
Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies
CCMAT is equivalent to CCTD (Centre Canadien des Technologies de Déminage) in French.
- CCMEO
-
Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
- CCMTA
-
Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex
- CCOHS
-
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (https://www.ccohs.ca/)
- CCP
-
Conseil Canadien du Porc (https://www.cpc-ccp.com/)
CCP is equivalent to CPC (Canadian Pork Council) in English.
- CCP
-
Center for Computational Pharmacology
- CCPA
-
Conseil Canadien de Protection des Animaux
- CCQ
-
Commission de la Construction du Québec (https://www.ccq.org/)
- CCQ
-
Centre de Conservation du Québec (https://www.ccq.gouv.qc.ca/)
- CCRA
-
Cape Canaveral Reference Atmosphere
- CCRS
-
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
- CCSA
-
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (https://www.ccsa.ca/)
CCSA is equivalent to CCLAT, CCSA (see above).
- CCSD
-
Chrysler Corporation Space Division
- CCSEAS
-
Canadian Council of Southeast Asian Studies
- CCSI
-
Canadian Conference of Secular Institutes
CCSI is equivalent to CCIS, CCSI (see above).
- CCSMAF
-
Cours Canadien de Sécurité dans le Maniement des Armes à Feu
- CCSR
-
Colorado Computer Systems Research
- CCTD
-
Centre Canadien des Technologies de Déminage
CCTD is equivalent to CCMAT, CCTD (see above).
- CCW
-
Carlisle Coatings and Waterproofing (https://www.carlisleccw.com)
- CDCD
-
Collins Defense Communications Division
- CDEMA
-
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (https://www.cdema.org/)
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is a regional inter-governmental agency for disaster management in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It was established as CDERA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency) so as to coordinate emergency response and relief efforts to participating states.
- CDERA
-
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
- CDI
-
Center for Defense Information
- CDMP
-
Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
- CDPQ
-
Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec
- CEA
-
Cahiers d’Études Africaines
Les Cahiers d’Études africaines (CEA) publie des articles de recherche théorique et de terrain sur l’Afrique, les Antilles et l’Amérique noire, c’est-à-dire sur l’Afrique et les sociétés liées à l’Afrique à travers le monde. Quoiqu’interdisciplinaire, la revue privilégie les recherches anthropologiques et historiques.
- CEA
-
Cambridge Electron Accelerator
- CECC
-
Congressional-Executive Commission on China (https://www.cecc.gov/)
- CECC
-
Conférence des Évêques Catholiques du Canada
CECC is equivalent to CCCB, CECC (see above).
- CECI
-
Centre d'Étude et de Coopération Internationale (www.ceci.ca)
CECI is equivalent to
- CEDEM
-
Centro Estatal de Desarrollo Municipal
- CEDIM
-
Centro de Estudios sobre Derecho Internacional y Mundialización
CEDIM is equivalent to CEDIM (Centre d'Études sur le Droit International et la Mondialisation) in French.
- CEDIM
-
Centre d'Études sur le Droit International et la Mondialisation
CEDIM is equivalent to CEDIM (see above).
- CEEJ
-
Canadian Electrical Engineering Journal
- CEHI
-
Caribbean Environmental Health Institute
The Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI) is a Technical Institute of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that provides technical and advisory services to Member States in all areas of environmental management, including water resources management, sustainable land management, waste management, chemical safety, occupational health and safety, eco-efficiency, and renewable energy.
- CELADE
-
Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía
CELADE is equivalent to CELADE (Centro Latino-americano e Caribenho de Demografia) in Portuguese.
- CELADE
-
Centro Latino-americano e Caribenho de Demografia
CELADE is equivalent to CELADE (see above).
- CENIDET
-
Centro Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico (www.cenidet.edu.mx)
- CEPAL
-
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (https://www.cepal.org/es)
CEPAL is equivalent to CEPALC (Commission Économique Pour l'Amérique Latine et les Caraïbes) in French, ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) in English, CEPAL (Comissão Econômica para América Latina e o Caribe) in Portuguese.
- CEPAL
-
Comissão Econômica para América Latina e o Caribe (https://www.cepal.org/pt-br)
CEPAL is equivalent to CEPALC, ECLAC (see above).
- CEPALC
-
Commission Économique Pour l'Amérique Latine et les Caraïbes (https://www.cepal.org/)
CEPALC is equivalent to CEPAL, ECLAC (see above).
- CEPCIDI
-
Comisión Ejecutiva Permanente del Consejo Interamericano para el Desarrollo Integral
CEPCIDI is equivalent to CEPCIDI (Commission Exécutive Permanente du Conseil Interaméricain pour le Développement Intégré) in French, CEPCIDI (Comitê Executivo Permanente do Conselho Interamericano para o Desenvolvimento Integral) in Portuguese.
- CEPCIDI
-
Commission Exécutive Permanente du Conseil Interaméricain pour le Développement Intégré
CEPCIDI is equivalent to CEPCIDI (see above).
- CEPCIDI
-
Comitê Executivo Permanente do Conselho Interamericano para o Desenvolvimento Integral
CEPCIDI is equivalent to CEPCIDI (see above).
- CEPREDENAC
-
Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central
CEPREDENAC is equivalent to CEPREDENAC (Centro de Coordenação para a Prevenção de Desastres Naturais na América Central) in Portuguese.
- CEPREDENAC
-
Centro de Coordenação para a Prevenção de Desastres Naturais na América Central
CEPREDENAC is equivalent to CEPREDENAC (see above).
- CESA
-
Canadian Engineering Standards Association
- CESO
-
Centro de Estudios Superiores de Ortodoncia (https://ceso.edu.mx/)
- CESO
-
Canadian Executive Service Organization
CESO is equivalent to SACO (Service d'Assistance Canadienne aux Organismes) in French.
- CESS
-
Central Eurasian Studies Society (https://www.centraleurasia.org/)
- CFA
-
Canadian Flag Association
- CFA
-
Cat Fanciers' Association (https://cfa.org/)
- CFAC
-
Conferencia de las Fuerzas Armadas Centroamericanas
CFAC is equivalent to CFAC (Conférence des Forces Armées Centraméricaines) in French, CFAC (Conferência das Forças Armadas da América Central) in Portuguese.
- CFAC
-
Conférence des Forces Armées Centraméricaines
CFAC is equivalent to CFAC (see above).
- CFAC
-
Conferência das Forças Armadas da América Central
CFAC is equivalent to CFAC (see above).
- CFBMC
-
Canadian Farm Business Management Council
The abbreviation CFBMC (Canadian Farm Business Management Council) includes the abbreviation BM (Business Management).
CFBMC is equivalent to CCGEA, CFBMC (see above).
- CFC
-
Community Foundations of Canada (www.cfc-fcc.ca)
CFC is equivalent to FCC (Fondations Communautaires du Canada) in French.
- CFIA
-
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (https://inspection.canada.ca/)
- CFMN
-
Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional
- CFR
-
Code of Federal Regulations
- CGDAM
-
Conformal Geometry and Dynamics of the American Mathematical Society
- CGTG
-
Confédération Générale du Travail de la Guadeloupe (http://lacgtg.com/)
The abbreviation CGTG (Confédération Générale du Travail de la Guadeloupe) includes the abbreviation CGT (Confédération Générale du Travail).
- CGU
-
Canadian Geophysical Union (www.cgu-ugc.ca)
CGU is equivalent to UGC (Union Géophysique Canadienne) in French.
- CHA
-
Canadian Historical Association
CHA is equivalent to SHC (Société Historique du Canada) in French.
- CHA
-
Canadian Hockey Association (https://www.hockeycanada.ca/)
- CHA
-
Caribbean Hotel Association
- CHARMS
-
Canadian Hemophilia Assessment and Resource Management Information System
- CHC
-
Committee on History in the Classroom
- CHI
-
Comité Juridique Interaméricain
CHI is equivalent to CJI (Comité Jurídico Interamericano) in Spanish, IAJC (Inter-American Juridical Committee) in English, CJI (Comitê Jurídico Interamericano) in Portuguese.
- CHIPS
-
Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (http://chips.ssl.berkeley.edu)
- CHLA
-
Canadian Health Libraries Association
CHLA is equivalent to ABSC (Association des Bibliothèques de la Santé du Canada) in French, MNCP (Mouvement National des Chômeurs et Précaires) in French, EBD (École de Bibliothécaires Documentalistes) in French.
- CHUS
-
Chinese Historians in the United States
- CICESE
-
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (www.cicese.mx)
- CICTE
-
Comisión Interamericana contra el Terrorismo
CICTE is equivalent to CICTE (Comitê Interamericano de Combate ao Terrorismo) in Portuguese.
- CICTE
-
Comitê Interamericano de Combate ao Terrorismo
CICTE is equivalent to CICTE (see above).
- CIDA
-
Canadian International Development Agency
CIDA is equivalent to ACDI (Agence Canadienne de Développement International) in French.
- CIDI
-
Consejo Interamericano para el Desarrollo Integral
CIDI is equivalent to CIDI (Conseil interaméricain pour le Développement Intégré) in French, CIDI (Conselho Interamericano para o Desenvolvimento Integral) in Portuguese.
- CIDI
-
Conseil interaméricain pour le Développement Intégré
CIDI is equivalent to CIDI (see above).
- CIDI
-
Conselho Interamericano para o Desenvolvimento Integral
CIDI is equivalent to CIDI (see above).
- CIDPDD
-
Centre International des Droits de la Personne et du Développement Démocratique (www.ichrdd.ca)
CIDPDD is equivalent to ICHRDD (International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) in English.
- CIF
-
Commission Interaméricaine des Femmes
CIF is equivalent to CIM (Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres) in English, IACW (Inter-American Commission of Women) in English, CIM (Comissão Interamericana de Mulheres) in Portuguese.
- CIGOS
-
Canadian Interest Group on Open Systems
- CIHR
-
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (www.cihr.ca)
CIHR is equivalent to IRSC (Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada) in French.
- CIISE
-
Commission Internationale de l'Intervention et de la Souveraineté des États
CIISE is equivalent to ICISS (International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty) in English.
- CIM
-
Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres (https://www.oas.org/es/cim/)
CIM is equivalent to CIF, IACW (see above).
- CIM
-
Comissão Interamericana de Mulheres
CIM is equivalent to CIF, IACW (see above).
- CIMT
-
Conferencia Interamericana de Ministros del Trabajo
CIMT is equivalent to CIMT (Conferência Interamericana de Ministros do Trabalho) in Portuguese.
- CIMT
-
Conferência Interamericana de Ministros do Trabalho
CIMT is equivalent to CIMT (see above).
- CINCNORAD
-
Commander-In-Chief, North American Aerospace
- CINDE
-
Costa Rican Investment & Development Board (https://www.cinde.org/en)
- CINVESTAV
-
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (www.cinvestav.mx)
- CIPSG
-
Canadian Information Processing Society Graphics Interface
- CIRDN
-
Comité Interamericano para la Reducción de los Desastres Naturales
CIRDN is equivalent to IACNDR (Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction) in English, CIRDN (Comitê Interamericano sobre a Redução de Desastres Naturais) in Portuguese.
- CIRDN
-
Comitê Interamericano sobre a Redução de Desastres Naturais
CIRDN is equivalent to IACNDR (see above).
- CIRM
-
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (https://www.cirm.ca.gov/)
- CIRRIE
-
Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange (http://cirrie.buffalo.edu)
- CIRRIS
-
Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument(ation) for Shuttle
- CIT
-
California Institute of Technology (https://www.caltech.edu)
- CIT
-
Conseil Intermunicipal de Transport
- CITEL
-
Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones
CITEL is equivalent to CITEL (Commission Interaméricaine des Télécommunications) in French, CITEL (Comissão Interamericana de Telecomunicações) in Portuguese.
- CITEL
-
Commission Interaméricaine des Télécommunications
CITEL is equivalent to CITEL (see above).
- CITEL
-
Comissão Interamericana de Telecomunicações
CITEL is equivalent to CITEL (see above).
- CJAS
-
Canadian Journal of African Studies
- CJChE
-
Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
- CJECE
-
Canadian Journal of Electrical Computer Engineering
- CJI
-
Comité Jurídico Interamericano
CJI is equivalent to CHI, IAJC (see above).
- CJI
-
Comitê Jurídico Interamericano
CJI is equivalent to CHI, IAJC (see above).
- CJMat
-
Canadian Journal of Mathematics
- CJNE
-
Canadian Journal of Native Education
- CJPP
-
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
- CKRA
-
Cape Kennedy Reference Atmosphere
- CLASS
-
Chinese Language Association for Secondary School (https://classk12.wildapricot.org/)
- CLC
-
Canadian Labour Congress
CLC is equivalent to CTC (Congrès du Travail du Canada) in French.
- CLEAR
-
Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act
- CLEAR
-
Computational Language and Education Research (https://www.colorado.edu/lab/clear/)
- CLGH
-
Committee on Lesbian and Gay History
- CLO
-
Club Linux Outaouais
- CLTA
-
Chinese Language Teachers Association (http://clta-us.org/)
- CLTA-GNY
-
Chinese Language Teachers' Association of Greater New York
- CMC
-
Canadian Meteorological Center
- CMQ
-
Collège des Médecins du Québec
- CMRA
-
California Microwave Relay Association
- CMWCI
-
Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory / Carnegie Institution of Washington