United Nations (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945, and since then by many more countries. Abbreviations: UN, U.N.
  2. the nations that signed the joint declaration in Washington, D.C., January 2, 1942, pledging to employ full resources against the Axis powers, not to make a separate peace, etc.
noun (functioning as singular or plural)
  1. an international organization of independent states, with its headquarters in New York City, that was formed in 1945 to promote peace and international cooperation and security
  2. (in World War II) a coalition of 26 nations that signed a joint declaration in Jan 1942, pledging their full resources to defeating the Axis powers
United Nations (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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