syllabicabbreviation (pluralsyllabic abbreviations)

1. (linguistics) An abbreviation formed fromsyllables, usually theinitial ones, of severalwords.
   • 2008 March 19, “HE SAYS...So nondescript is the redesign, the car all but fades”, inThe Times:

     Subaru named it after the New York zip code Tribeca — asyllabic abbreviation of “Triangle Below Canal Street” — not so much to connote wealth and glamour

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