As a verb mena
is to lead, take.
As an abbreviation ar is
.
mena
English
Initialism
(
Initialism)
(
en-initialism)
(
MENA)
(politics)
* 2006 "The MENA region is anything but stable today" (A. H. Cordesman, K. R. Al-Rodhan, The Changing Dynamics of Energy in the Middle East, ISBN 9780275992620, p. 65
)
Usage notes
In use since the 1970s by the IPPF.[http://books.google.com/books?id=BPI9AAAAYAAJ&q=%22MENA+region%22&dq=%22MENA+region%22&hl=en&ei=uGViTZ64LJHo4AbHuO2aCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwATgK]
Used by the World Bank / IMF from about 1980.[http://books.google.com/books?id=5OWwAAAAIAAJ&q=%22MENA+region%22&dq=%22MENA+region%22&hl=en&ei=TWdiTaXjIJ6g4QbluZWrCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA]
Often as "MENA Region" or "MENA region".
The MENAFATF (or MENA FATF) was established in 2004.
Anagrams
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