Korean slang profile
FTAA
ftaa
Free Trade Area of the Americas
A Roman-letter abbreviation for 미주자유무역지대 (Free Trade Area of the Americas) used in the article of the time.
- Expanded form
- 미주자유무역지대미주자유무역지대 (Free Trade Area of the Americas)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Oct 14, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
당대 경제통합 논의에서 FTAA가 소개돼 있었다.
FTAA was introduced in discussions on economic integration at the time.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The body of a 1998 서울신문 article pairs the Korean name “미주자유무역지대” with “FTAA”. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The Korean name and abbreviation in the 1998 article were compared. The spelling of the time is recorded; the full original-language form, the institution’s current name, and first use were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 역동하는 중남미 현실과 미래/崔成泓 외교통상부 차관보(기고) (서울신문)Published Oct 14, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026