UNICEF

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UNICEF¹

  • /ˈju.niˌsɛf/ US

Where it comes from

Acronym of its original name, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Now officially United Nations Children's Fund.

proper noun Unicef · U.N.I.C.E.F.

  1. An agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. The UNICEF was established in December 1946 by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly. […] To present an adequate picture of the problem which the Committee on Foreign Affairs faced during the Eighty-first Congress in connection with the UNICEF, the background of congressional action in t

Unicef²

proper noun

  1. Australia, New Zealand, UK Alternative letter-case form of UNICEF (not used in North America)

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: unesco, undef, fonds, fund, funds, organizational, foundation, children, foundations, unfpa, unifem, oxfam, unhcr, darfur, undp, haiti

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name United Nations agency

한국어유니세프 Yunisepeu
日本語UNICEF (Yunisefu), ユニセフ Yunisefu
हिन्दीयूनिसेफ़ yūnisef
PortuguêsUNICEF
DeutschUNICEF
РусскийЮНИСЕ́Ф JuNISJéF
العربيةيونيسيف yúnisef, yunisēf

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"UNICEF." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unicef. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

UNICEF. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unicef

Chicago

"UNICEF." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unicef.

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@misc{unicef_2026,
  title = {UNICEF},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unicef},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}