syllabic abbreviation en · NOUN
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An abbreviation formed from syllables, usually the initial ones, of several words.
Subaru named it after the New York zip code Tribeca — a syllabic abbreviation of “Triangle Below Canal Street” — not so much to connote wealth and glamour
2008 March 19, “HE SAYS...So nondescript is the redesign, the car all but fades”, in The Times:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| syllabic abbreviations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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