Korean slang profile
NATO
nato
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
A Roman-letter abbreviation for 북대서양조약기구 (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
- Expanded form
- 북대서양조약기구북대서양조약기구 (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Sep 29, 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
NATO의 조직을 소개하는 자료를 읽었다.
I read materials introducing NATO’s organization.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The body of a 1998 서울신문 article pairs the Korean name “북대서양조약기구” with “NATO”. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The Korean name and Roman-letter abbreviation in the contemporary article were directly compared. The full original-language form and first use were not verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 사민당 웃지만… 赤·綠 연정 산넘어 산/슈뢰더의 독일시대 (서울신문)Published Sep 29, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026