united nations

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   an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security

   SynonymsUN

   Broaderworld organization

Questions about united nations

What does united nations mean?

united nations means "an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security".

What is another word for united nations?

Close synonyms include UN. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is united nations a common word?

united nations is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.