Abbreviation

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An abbreviation is a partial representation of a name or phrase using only some letters from each word in the name or phrase. Most abbreviations use the first letters of the first word or each word in a phrase, but not all.

An acronym is a particular type of abbreviation.

See Category:Abbreviations for a list of common abbreviation.


Example abbreviations


See Category:Game Terms for meanings of more terms.