MENA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mena"

English

Proper noun

MENA

  1. (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.)
  2. (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
Middle East, North Africa

Anagrams

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmena/ [ˈme.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: ME‧NA

Noun

MENA m or f by sense (plural MENAS)

  1. (Spain) Acronym of menor extranjero no acompañado m., menor extranjera no acompañada f (unaccompanied foreign minor)
    • 2019 November 10, Elvira Lindo, “Chiringuitos, inmigrantes, MENAS”, in El País:
      En el autobús, una señora le decía a otra que prefería mil veces un centro de metadona que uno de MENAS (me encanta cómo nos hemos aprendido todos la palabreja).
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2021 August 17, Pablo Gómez, “El duro ataque de Vox contra Almeida: “El PP con la izquierda: paguitas a los menas y Madrid Central””, in La Razón:
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