North and Central America
North and Central America: Canada, United States, Mexico, Central American states, Caribbean, West Indies.
- Code
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Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- BIDC
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Barbados Investment and Development Corporation
- BIO
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Bedford Institute of Oceanography (www.bio.gc.ca)
- BMB
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Base Maintenance Building
- BMB
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Bench Maintenance Building
The abbreviation BMB (Bench Maintenance Building) includes the abbreviation BM (Bench Maintenance).
- BMDO
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Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
The abbreviation BMDO (Ballistic Missile Defense Organization) includes the abbreviation BM (Ballistic Missile).
- BRH
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Banque de la République d’Haïti
- BSSA
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Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
- BVP
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Bessemer Venture Partners (https://www.bvp.com)
- BuSSA
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The Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
- CAA
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Colorado Assessors Association (https://e-caa.com/)
- CAAB
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Canadian Association of Animal Breeders
- CAAML
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Canadian Avalanche Association Markup Language
- CAAO
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Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers (https://caao.com/)
- CABA
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Connecticut Antiquarian Booksellers Association
- CAD
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(The) Chicago Assyrian Dictionary
- CADE
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Canadian Association for Distance Education
- CAFB
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Chanute Air Force Base
The abbreviation CAFB (Chanute Air Force Base) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and AFB (Air Force Base).
- CAJV
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Centre Aviaire Johanne Vaillancourt
- CAJV
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Community Acquisition Joint Venture
- CALAS
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Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science (www.calas-acsal.org)
- CALL
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Canadian Association of Law Libraries (https://www.callacbd.ca/)
= ACBD | Association Canadienne des Bibliothèques de Droit | In French
- CAMET
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Central American Metrology Cooperation
- CAMR
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Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime
= RAMC | Régime Canadien d’Accès aux Médicaments | In French
- CAN
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Canadian Arthritis Network (www.arthritisnetwork.ca)
- CANDU
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CANada Deuterium Uranium
- CANMES
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Canadian Committee of the Middle East Studies Association
- CAP
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Canadian Association of Palynologists
- CAP
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College of Alberta Psychologists
- CAPA
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Canadian Association for Photographic Art (www.capacanada.ca)
- CAPA
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Canadian American Pudelpointer Association
- CAPA
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Canadian Access and Privacy Association (www.capa.ca)
= ACAP | Association Canadienne d'Accès à l’information et de la Protection des renseignements personnels | In French
- CAPA
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Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology
- CAPA
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Canadian Association of Physician Assistants
- CAPA
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Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association (www.capa-acca.com)
= ACAP | Association Canadienne de Conservation Aéronautique | In French
- CAPA
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Canadian Asian Party Association
- CAPA
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Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (www.arthritispatient.ca)
- CAPA
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Canadian Animation Producers Association
- CARDE
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Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment
- CARFITA
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Caribbean Free Trade Association
- CARIBCAN
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Caribbean-Canada Preferential Trading Arrangement
- CARICOM
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Caribbean Community and Common Market (https://caricom.org/)
- CARIMET
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Caribbean Metrology Cooperation
= CARIMET | Coopération Caribéenne de Métrologie | In French
= CARIMET | Cooperação Caribenha de Metrologia | In Portuguese - CARIMET
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Coopération Caribéenne de Métrologie
= CARIMET (see above)
- CARIMET
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Cooperação Caribenha de Metrologia
= CARIMET (see above)
- CARNA
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College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta
- CASA
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Canadian Asian Studies Association
- CASB
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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
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Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal
- CASJQ
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Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal Quarter
- CAURA
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Canadian Association of University Research Administrators
= ACARU | Association Canadienne d'Administrateurs de Recherche Universitaire | In French
- CBCA
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Canadian Border Collie Association
- CBO
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Congressional Budget Office (https://www.cbo.gov/)
- CBS
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Canadian Blood Services (www.bloodservices.ca)
- CCAAN
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Comisión para la Cooperación Ambiental de América del Norte (www.cec.org/es/)
= 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
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Canadian Council on Animal Care (www.ccac.ca)
- CCAFS
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
The abbreviation CCAFS (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- CCARES
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Culver City Amateur Radio Emergency Service
- CCASLS
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Canadian Council of Area Studies Learned Societies
- CCCB
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Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
= CECC | Conférence des Évêques Catholiques du Canada | In French
- CCCI
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Consejo Canadiense de Cooperación Internacional (www.ccic.ca)
= 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
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Conseil Canadien pour la Coopération Internationale (www.ccic.ca)
= CCIC (see above)
- CCCI
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Conselho Canadense para Cooperação Internacional (www.ccic.ca)
= CCIC (see above)
- CCCPA
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Chicago Chinese Computing Professional Association
- CCEP
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Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness
- CCEP
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Canadian Certified Environmental Practitioner
- CCEP
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Center for Corporate Environmental Performance (https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/ccep/)
- CCFF
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Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility
- CCIC
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Canadian Council for International Cooperation (www.ccic.ca)
= CCCI, CCIC (see above)
- CCIS
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Conférence Canadienne des Instituts Séculiers
= CCSI | Canadian Conference of Secular Institutes | In English
- CCLAT
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Centre Canadien de Lutte contre l'Alcoolisme et les Toxicomanies (https://www.ccsa.ca/fr)
= CCSA | Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse | In English
- CCMAT
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Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies
= CCTD | Centre Canadien des Technologies de Déminage | In French
- CCMEO
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Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
- CCMTA
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Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex
- CCOHS
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Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (https://www.ccohs.ca/)
- CCP
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Conseil Canadien du Porc (https://www.cpc-ccp.com/)
= CPC | Canadian Pork Council | In English
- CCP
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Center for Computational Pharmacology
- CCPA
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Conseil Canadien de Protection des Animaux
- CCQ
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Commission de la Construction du Québec (https://www.ccq.org/)
- CCQ
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Centre de Conservation du Québec (https://www.ccq.gouv.qc.ca/)
- CCRA
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Cape Canaveral Reference Atmosphere
- CCRS
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Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
- CCSA
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Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (https://www.ccsa.ca/)
= CCLAT, CCSA (see above)
- CCSD
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Chrysler Corporation Space Division
- CCSEAS
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Canadian Council of Southeast Asian Studies
- CCSI
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Canadian Conference of Secular Institutes
= CCIS, CCSI (see above)
- CCSMAF
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Cours Canadien de Sécurité dans le Maniement des Armes à Feu
- CCSR
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Colorado Computer Systems Research
- CCTD
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Centre Canadien des Technologies de Déminage
= CCMAT, CCTD (see above)
- CCW
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Carlisle Coatings and Waterproofing (https://www.carlisleccw.com)
- CDCD
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Collins Defense Communications Division
- CDEMA
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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
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Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
- CDI
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Center for Defense Information
- CDMP
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Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
- CDPQ
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Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec
- CEA
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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
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Cambridge Electron Accelerator
- CECC
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Congressional-Executive Commission on China (https://www.cecc.gov/)
- CECC
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Conférence des Évêques Catholiques du Canada
= CCCB, CECC (see above)
- CECI
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Centre d'Étude et de Coopération Internationale (www.ceci.ca)
- CEDEM
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Centro Estatal de Desarrollo Municipal
- CEDIM
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Centro de Estudios sobre Derecho Internacional y Mundialización
= 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 (see above)
- CEEJ
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Canadian Electrical Engineering Journal
- CEHI
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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
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Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía
= CELADE | Centro Latino-americano e Caribenho de Demografia | In Portuguese
- CELADE
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Centro Latino-americano e Caribenho de Demografia
= CELADE (see above)
- CENIDET
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Centro Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico (www.cenidet.edu.mx)
- CEPAL
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Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (https://www.cepal.org/es)
= 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
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Comissão Econômica para América Latina e o Caribe (https://www.cepal.org/pt-br)
= CEPALC, ECLAC (see above)
- CEPALC
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Commission Économique Pour l'Amérique Latine et les Caraïbes (https://www.cepal.org/)
= CEPAL, ECLAC (see above)
- CEPCIDI
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Comisión Ejecutiva Permanente del Consejo Interamericano para el Desarrollo Integral
= 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
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Commission Exécutive Permanente du Conseil Interaméricain pour le Développement Intégré
= CEPCIDI (see above)
- CEPCIDI
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Comitê Executivo Permanente do Conselho Interamericano para o Desenvolvimento Integral
= CEPCIDI (see above)
- CEPREDENAC
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Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central
= CEPREDENAC | Centro de Coordenação para a Prevenção de Desastres Naturais na América Central | In Portuguese
- CEPREDENAC
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Centro de Coordenação para a Prevenção de Desastres Naturais na América Central
= CEPREDENAC (see above)
- CESA
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Canadian Engineering Standards Association
- CESO
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Centro de Estudios Superiores de Ortodoncia (https://ceso.edu.mx/)
- CESO
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Canadian Executive Service Organization
= SACO | Service d'Assistance Canadienne aux Organismes | In French
- CESS
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Central Eurasian Studies Society (https://www.centraleurasia.org/)
- CFA
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Canadian Flag Association
- CFA
-
Cat Fanciers' Association (https://cfa.org/)
- CFAC
-
Conferencia de las Fuerzas Armadas Centroamericanas
= CFAC | Conférence des Forces Armées Centraméricaines | In French
= CFAC | Conferência das Forças Armadas da América Central | In Portuguese - CFAC
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Conférence des Forces Armées Centraméricaines
= CFAC (see above)
- CFAC
-
Conferência das Forças Armadas da América Central
= CFAC (see above)
- CFC
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Community Foundations of Canada (www.cfc-fcc.ca)
= FCC | Fondations Communautaires du Canada | In French
- CFIA
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (https://inspection.canada.ca/)
- CFMN
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Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional
- CFR
-
Code of Federal Regulations
- CGDAM
-
Conformal Geometry and Dynamics of the American Mathematical Society
- CGTG
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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)
= UGC | Union Géophysique Canadienne | In French
- CHA
-
Canadian Historical Association
= SHC | Société Historique du Canada | In French
- CHA
-
Canadian Hockey Association (www.hockeycanada.ca)
- CHA
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Caribbean Hotel Association
- CHARMS
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Canadian Hemophilia Assessment and Resource Management Information System
- CHC
-
Committee on History in the Classroom
- CHI
-
Comité Juridique Interaméricain
= CJI | Comité Jurídico Interamericano | In Spanish
= IAJC | Inter-American Juridical Committee | In English
= CJI | Comitê Jurídico Interamericano | In Portuguese - CHIPS
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Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (http://chips.ssl.berkeley.edu)
- CHLA
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Canadian Health Libraries Association
= 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
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Chinese Historians in the United States
- CICESE
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Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (www.cicese.mx)
- CICTE
-
Comisión Interamericana contra el Terrorismo
= CICTE | Comitê Interamericano de Combate ao Terrorismo | In Portuguese
- CICTE
-
Comitê Interamericano de Combate ao Terrorismo
= CICTE (see above)
- CIDA
-
Canadian International Development Agency
= ACDI | Agence Canadienne de Développement International | In French
- CIDI
-
Consejo Interamericano para el Desarrollo Integral
= 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 (see above)
- CIDI
-
Conselho Interamericano para o Desenvolvimento Integral
= CIDI (see above)
- CIDPDD
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Centre International des Droits de la Personne et du Développement Démocratique (www.ichrdd.ca)
= ICHRDD | International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development | In English
- CIGOS
-
Canadian Interest Group on Open Systems
- CIHR
-
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (www.cihr.ca)
= IRSC | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada | In French
- CIISE
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Commission Internationale de l'Intervention et de la Souveraineté des États
= ICISS | International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty | In English
- CIMT
-
Conferencia Interamericana de Ministros del Trabajo
= CIMT | Conferência Interamericana de Ministros do Trabalho | In Portuguese
- CIMT
-
Conferência Interamericana de Ministros do Trabalho
= CIMT (see above)
- CINCNORAD
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Commander-In-Chief, North American Aerospace
- CINDE
-
Costa Rican Investment & Development Board (https://www.cinde.org/en)
- CINVESTAV
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Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (www.cinvestav.mx)
- CIPSG
-
Canadian Information Processing Society Graphics Interface
- CIRDN
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Comité Interamericano para la Reducción de los Desastres Naturales
= 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
= IACNDR (see above)
- CIRM
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California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (https://www.cirm.ca.gov/)
- CIRRIE
-
Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange (http://cirrie.buffalo.edu)
- CIRRIS
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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 | Commission Interaméricaine des Télécommunications | In French
= CITEL | Comissão Interamericana de Telecomunicações | In Portuguese - CITEL
-
Commission Interaméricaine des Télécommunications
= CITEL (see above)
- CITEL
-
Comissão Interamericana de Telecomunicações
= 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
= CHI, IAJC (see above)
- CJI
-
Comitê Jurídico Interamericano
= 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 (www.classk12.org)
- CLC
-
Canadian Labour Congress
= 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
- CNA
-
Canadian Nurses Association
- CNACA
-
Comissão Norte-americana de Cooperação Ambiental (www.cec.org)
= CCAAN, NACEC, CNACE, CNACA (see above)
- CNACE
-
Commission Nord-Américaine de Coopération Environnementale (www.cec.org/fr/)
= CCAAN, NACEC, CNACA (see above)
- CNAE
-
Comité Nord-Américain d’Étalonnage
- CNE
-
Centre National des Équipements
Le Centre National des Équipements (CNE) est responsable de l’entreposage, du contrôle, de l’entretien et des réparations des engins lourds utilisés par le Ministère haïtien des travaux publics, par exemple pour la construction et la réparation de routes, pour le curage de canaux, pour le déblayage de rues encombrées par des alluvions, etc.
The abbreviation CNE (Centre National des Équipements) is included in the abbreviation CORRECNE (Commission de Restructuration et de Renforcement du Centre National des Équipements).
- CNN
-
Cable News Network
- CNPL
-
Canadian National Poker League
- CNS
-
Canadian Northern Shield (www.cns.ca)
- CNS
-
Canadian Nuclear Society (www.cns-snc.ca)
- CNSA
-
Canadian Nursing Students' Association
- CNSA
-
California Nursing Students’ Association (https://cnsa.org/)