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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning "short") is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the abbreviation abbr. or abbrev. In strict analysis, abbreviations should not be confused with contractions or acronyms (including initialisms), with which they share some semantic and phonetic functions, though all three are connoted by the term "abbreviation" in loose parlance.. However, normally acronyms are regarded as a subgroup of abbreviations (e.g. by the Council of Science Editors). From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Is there a word for shortening a proper name besides abbreviation? Q. In other words, if someone is named James and is called Jimmy, is there another word for that besides abbreviation? Well, yeah besides nickname, too...I'm trying to come up with a proper word here. Thanks though, Judy. Asked by Trina L. Grant - Sun Aug 24 01:10:19 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. It's a diminutive. Nickname is really something like "Pumpkin" or "Junior." Answered by Kate H - Sun Aug 24 01:16:48 2008 What is the abbreviation for Native American? Q. I'm requesting my sons birth certificate and there is only a little space to put the race. Is there an abbreviation for Native American? He's mixed but his father is mostly native (ojibwe) so we'd like to have that be his main race designation. I just don't know the abbreviation for it. Asked by lemonhead - Sun May 31 20:20:41 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. I would just write the name of the tribe, and not NA (as that could stand for Not Applicable). My grandmother is MikMac, and it states that specifically on hers. However, they didn't bother to write it out on her sisters. Later in life, my grandmother was given some preferential treatment (in getting into colleges, government grants when she bought her home, etc), but her sister was not. While I'm sure the laws have changed a bit from the 1930's (as in her case), I would still write it out. Answered by Hey there - Mon Jun 1 08:22:47 2009 What does the abbreviation IM stand for?
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