GC: n S: EC – http://ec.europa.eu/echo/what-we-do/civil-protection/forest-fires_en (last access: 25 October 2017); The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/25/spain-forest-fire-forces-more-than-1500-from-homes-and-campsites (last access: 25 October 2017). N: 1. – forest (n): late 13c., “extensive tree-covered district,” especially one set aside for royal hunting and under the protection of the king, from Old French forest “forest, wood,
GC: n S: EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/721819/law-of-war/52928/Lawful-combatants (last access: 26 March 2015) N: 1. French, from franc free + tireur shooter. First Known Use: 1808. A civilian and especially a guerrilla fighter or sniper. 2. Very often the armed forces of belligerents consist throughout the war of their regular armies only;
GC: n S: https://archive.org/details/historyofbuccane00exqu (last access: 21 February 2014); http://www.pirates-privateers.com/definitions.htm (last access: 21 February 2014). N: 1. 1560s, loan-translation of Dutch vrijbuiter “plunderer, robber,” from vrijbuiten “to rob, plunder,” from vrijbuit “plunder,” literally “free booty,” from vrij “free” + buit “booty,” from buiten “to exchange or plunder,” from Middle Dutch
GC: n S: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/what-is-freezing-fog (last access: 15 July 2015); http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-freezing-fog.htm (last access: 15 July 2015). N: 1. A fog formed of supercooled water droplets which freeze on contact with objects, covering them with a coating of rime. 2. freezing fog; FZFG: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil
GC: n S: http://www.ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=d9553ab5-1 (last access: 15 July 2015); http://www.bbc.com/weather/2640729 (last access: 15 July 2015). N: 1. Old English forst, frost “frost, a freezing, frozen precipitation, extreme cold,” from Proto-Germanic *frustaz- “frost”, related to freosan “to freeze,” from suffixed form of PIE *preus– “to freeze; burn”. Both forms of the
MENA: Acronym of Middle East and North Africa. MENA: Acronym used in Spanish, it means Foreign Unaccompanied Minors (FUM). See “Foreign Unaccompanied Minors”: https://www.humantermuem.es/content/foreign-unaccompanied-minor/?lang=en
GC: n S: UNESCO – https://uis.unesco.org/en/blog/measuring-functional-literacy-and-numeracy-lifelong-learning (last access: 2 July 2024); Springer – https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-4540-4_14 (last access: 2 July 2024). N: 1. – functional (adj): 1630s, “pertaining to function or office,” from function (n.) + –al (1), or from Medieval Latin functionalis. Meaning “utilitarian” is by 1864; specific use in architecture
GC: n S: http://www.adf.gov/funding.html (last access: 26 April 2013); http://www.humanitarianinnovation.org/funding (last access: 3 September 2014). N: 1. Providing financial resources to finance a need, program, or project. In general, this term is used when a firm fills the need for cash from its own internal reserves, and the term ‘financing’
GC: n S: http://www.theseam.com/update-on-china-buyers-of-u-s-cotton/ (last access: 17 May 2015); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/fungicide (last access: 3 March 2020). N: 1. fungicide (n.): 1889; from fungus (1520s, “a mushroom,” from Latin fungus “a mushroom, fungus;” used in English at first as a learned alternative to mushroom, funge was used in this sense
GC: n S: UCMP – http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungi.html (last access: 18 June 2015); CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/fungal/ (last access: 18 June 2015). N: 1. 1520s, “a mushroom,” from Latin fungus “a mushroom, fungus;” used in English at first as a learned alternative to mushroom (funge was used in this sense late 14c.). The
GC: n S: IGI – https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/nutritive-value/68738 (last access: 10 June 2024); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/food-science/nutritive-value (last access: 10 June 2024). N: 1. – nutritive (adj): late 14c., “concerned with or pertaining to the function of nourishing,” from Old French nutritif and directly from Medieval Latin nutritivus “nourishing,” from nutrit-, past-participle stem
GC: n S: MAYO – https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/swine-flu/symptoms-causes/syc-20378103 (last access: 19 October 2024); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/swine-flu/about/influenza-in-swine.html (last access: 19 October 2024). N: 1. – swine (n): Old English swin “domestic pig, hog, sow; wild boar” (commonly used in a plural sense, of such animals collectively), from Proto-Germanic *sweina– (source also of Old
GC: n S: NICD – https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/west-nile-fever/ (last access: 16 August 2024); GOV.UK – https://www.gov.uk/guidance/west-nile-fever (last access: 16 August 2024). N: 1. – West (adj): As an adjective from late 14c.; as a noun from late 12c. West used in geopolitical sense from World War I (Britain, France, Italy, as opposed
GC: n S: CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/yellow-fever/index.html (last access: 15 September 2024); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/yellow-fever-virus (last access: 15 September 2024). N: 1. – yellow (adj): Middle English yelwe, from Old English geolu, geolwe, “yellow,” from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz (source also of Old Saxon, Old High German gelo, Middle Dutch ghele, Dutch geel,