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syllabic abbreviation ‎(plural syllabic abbreviations)

Examples (Some syllabic abbreviations)
COINTELPRO; from counter-intelligence program CONELRAD; from control of electromagnetic radiation CONMEBOL; from Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (Spanish for "South American Football Confederation") FedEx; from Federal Express INMARSAT; from INternational MARitime SATellite, an IGO Interpol; from International Criminal Police Organization Konami, names of Kagemasa Kozuki, Yoshinobu Nakama, Hiro Matsuda, and Shokichi Ishihara

Examples (Some syllabic abbreviations)

COINTELPRO; from counter-intelligence program
CONELRAD; from control of electromagnetic radiation
CONMEBOL; from Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (Spanish for "South American Football Confederation")
FedEx; from Federal Express
INMARSAT; from INternational MARitime SATellite, an IGO
Interpol; from International Criminal Police Organization
Konami, names of Kagemasa Kozuki, Yoshinobu Nakama, Hiro Matsuda, and Shokichi Ishihara

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed from syllables, usually initial, of several words.
- 2008 March 19, “HE SAYS...So nondescript is the redesign, the car all but fades”, in The Times:
  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