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NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency mean?
• NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (noun)
The noun NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY has 1 sense:
1. a combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security
Familiarity information: NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; NGA
Hypernyms ("National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency" is a part of...):
Defense; Defense Department; Department of Defense; DoD; United States Department of Defense (the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947)
Holonyms ("National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency" is a member of...):
IC; Intelligence Community; National Intelligence Community; United States Intelligence Community (a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence)
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