🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

organismo especializado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: oɾɣaˈnizmo espeθjalizaðo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Specialized agency/ˈspɛʃ.ə.laɪzd ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La UNESCO es un organismo especializado de las Naciones Unidas."

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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 Middle English and Latin roots, combining 'special' (from Latin specialis, 'individual, particular') and 'agency' (from Latin agere, 'to do, act'). The specific term 'specialized agency' emerged in the mid-20th century with the establishment of the United Nations system to designate autonomous international organizations linked to the UN.

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