Korean slang profile
NIMA
nima
National imagery and mapping agency
A Roman-letter abbreviation for 국가 이미지지도국 (national imagery and mapping agency) used in the article of the time.
- Expanded form
- 국가 이미지지도국국가 이미지지도국 (national imagery and mapping agency)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Sep 5, 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 자료에서 이미지정보 담당기관의 약칭 NIMA를 확인했다.
I checked NIMA, the abbreviation for the imagery intelligence agency, in material from the time.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The body of a 1998 서울신문 article pairs the Korean name “국가 이미지지도국” with “NIMA”. 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.
- 美 정보력 ‘거짓 없다’ 재확인 (서울신문)Published Sep 5, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026