syllabic abbreviation

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syllabic abbreviation

noun syllabic abbreviations

An abbreviation formed from syllables, usually the initial ones, of several words. 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

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Deutsch	Silbenkurzwort, Silbenwort
Русский	сложносокращённое слово složnosokraščónnoje slovo

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@misc{syllabic_abbreviation_2026,
  title = {syllabic abbreviation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/syllabic%20abbreviation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}