This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter E.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz)

Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.

(Main list of acronyms)

  • E – (s) East
  • e- – (i) Used as a prefix before unabbreviated words, stands for technical words such as electronic or emergency.

E0–9

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  • EK – (s) Equatorial Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code) – Exakelvin
  • EKG – (i) Electrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
  • EKMS – (i) Electronic Key Management System
  • EXFOR – (p) Experimental Force (military)
  • EXREP – (p) Expeditious Repair (SM&R code)
  • EZ – (s) Czech Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code) – (i) Extraction Zone
  • EZLN – (a) Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Spanish, "Zapatista Army of National Liberation")

References

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  1. ^ "ISER - Research - the European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences - ECASS". Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2009-08-26.