UNESCO

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UK/juːˈnɛs.kəʊ/US/juˈnɛs.koʊ/

Acronym of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Similar
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Meanings

UNESCO1

proper noun

alternative Unesco

  1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

    The whole street was part of history, the whole of the hill was a World Heritage Site, protected by none other than UNESCO.

    2022, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, there are more things, Abacus (2023), page 230

Unesco2

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of UNESCO.

    This year’s festival will mark 10 years since Unesco designated Dundee a design city, alongside Berlin, Montreal, Istanbul and others.

    2024 September 21, Eve Livingston, “‘Students want to stay here now rather than disappear to London’: how design transformed the city of Dundee”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2025

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts

Similar
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Broader
United Nations agencyUN agency

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic يُونِسْكُو
  • يُونِسْكُو (yūniskū)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Bulgarian ЮНЕСКО
  • ЮНЕСКО (JuNESKO)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Catalan UNESCO
  • UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Chinese Mandarin 聯合國教科文組織 /联合国教科文组织
  • 聯合國教科文組織 /联合国教科文组织 (Liánhéguó Jiàokēwén Zǔzhī)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Dutch UNESCO
  • UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Esperanto Unesko
  • UneskoUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
German UNESCO
  • UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Hebrew אוּנֶסכּ״וֹ
  • אוּנֶסכּ״וֹ (UNÉSKO)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Hindi यूनेस्को
  • यूनेस्को (yūnesko)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Italian Unesco
  • UnescoUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Japanese UNESCO
  • UNESCO (Yunesuko)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Korean 유네스코
  • 유네스코 (Yuneseuko)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Persian یونسکو
  • یونسکو (yunesko)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Polish UNESCO
  • UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Portuguese UNESCO
  • UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Russian ЮНЕСКО
  • ЮНЕСКО (JuNJeSKO)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Spanish UNESCO
  • UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Swedish UNESCO
  • UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Ukrainian ЮНЕСКО
  • ЮНЕСКО (JuNESKO)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Urdu یُونِیسْکُو
  • یُونِیسْکُو (yūnīskū)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

UNESCO. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/UNESCO

MLA

“UNESCO.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/UNESCO. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “UNESCO,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/UNESCO.

Source: UNESCO on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.