MENA
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mena"
English
Proper noun
MENA
- (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.)
- (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 / IMF from about 1980. Often as "MENA Region" or "MENA region". The MENAFATF (or MENA FATF) was established in 2004.
Derived terms
Middle East, North Africa
- MENAFATF
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmena/ [ˈme.na]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: ME‧NA
Noun
MENA m or f by sense (plural MENAS)
- (Spain) Acronym of menor extranjero no acompañado m., menor extranjera no acompañada f (“unaccompanied foreign minor”)
- 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.
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