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One of the two official acronyms of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Organisation Traité de l'Atlantique Nord), used svery proninently by the organization, both on its flag and elsewhere.

https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pictures/2011...

Apparently it's the French term for NATO ("Organisation du Traité de l’Atlantique Nord"), directly translating to "North Atlantic Treaty Organization". At least according to some random website I found after a search.

I wish there was a rule that forced people to spell out an acronym the first time they use it, regardless of how much they think the acronym is common knowledge.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO

It kinda is common knowledge though, the French version is right on the official flag and displayed all the time.

Given by the confusion in this thread and it being literally the first time I have ever read of heard of the acronym “OTAN”, I’d go with not-so-common knowledge :)

I don't have the flag memorized, and wouldn't know to look at the flag unless I already knew what the acronym was.

French for Nato

Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord

OTAN is the acronym in French

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