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[͵nawrH ətʹlæn(t)ik ʹtrētē ͵awrgənəʹzāʃən]
(also NATO)

Military association of European and North American nations, formed in 1949 to guard against perceived Soviet expansionism. Its headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium. In the 1990s some former Soviet bloc nations were invited to join NATO.

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