UN

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does UN mean? 

• UN (noun)
  The noun UN has 1 sense:

1. an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security

  Familiarity information: UN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UN (noun)

Meaning:

An organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

UN; United Nations

Hypernyms ("UN" is a kind of...):

global organization; international organisation; international organization; world organisation; world organization (an international alliance involving many different countries)

Meronyms (members of "UN"):

General Assembly (the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations)

United Nations Secretariat (the administrative arm of the United Nations)

SC; Security Council (a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace)

TC; Trusteeship Council (a permanent council of the United Nations that commissions a country (or countries) to undertake the administration of a territory)

Economic and Social Council; ECOSOC (a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for economic and social conditions)

Economic and Social Council commission; ECOSOC commission (a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations)

International Court of Justice; World Court (a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations)

UN agency; United Nations agency (an agency of the United Nations)