🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

istituto specializzato

Pronunciation / Transliteration: istiˈtuːto spetʃalizˈzatːo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Specialized Agency/ˈspɛʃ.ə.laɪzd ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La FAO è un istituto specializzato delle Nazioni Unite."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An autonomous body established by intergovernmental agreement and having wide international responsibilities in economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related fields.

    "The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations."
  2. 2

    Any organization or corporate body that focuses its expertise on a specific niche domain or technical field.

    "The government hired a specialized agency to handle international maritime security."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English 'specialize' (from Latin 'species', meaning a particular sort or kind) and 'agency' (from Latin 'agentia', from 'agere', meaning to act or do). In international relations, the term developed in the mid-20th century alongside the formation of the United Nations to designate autonomous international organizations linked to the UN through cooperative agreements.

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