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Ouzbékistan: Uzbekistan (a country in Central Asia)
Ouïghouristan: Uyghuristan
Ouïgour: alternative spelling of Ouïghour
Ovalie: rugby circles; Southwestern France (where rugby is very popular)
Overijssel: Overijssel (a province of the Netherlands)
Ovide: Ovid
Ovomaltine: Ovaltine
Oxfordien: Oxfordian, Oxonian
Oxonien: Oxonian
Oyhénart: a surname from Occitan
Ozanam: a surname
Ozanne: a surname
Ozenne: a surname
Ozon: a surname from Occitan
Ozun: a surname from Occitan
Oïmiakon: Oymyakon (a village in Sakha, Russia, known for being one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth)
P. J.: initialism of police judiciaire
P. M. U.: alternative spelling of PMU
P.M.: post meridiem
PA: CV (“aircraft carrier”); initialism of porte-avions
PAC: acronym of Politique agricole commune (Common Agricultural Policy); classified advertisement: abbreviation of petite annonce classée (petite annonce); classifieds: abbreviation of petites annonces classées (petites annonces)
PACA: initialism of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
PACS: civil partnership
PADS: PADS (“post-Avatar depression syndrome”)
PAF: border police
PAF: abbreviation of paysage audiovisuel français.
PAG: initialism of petit âge glaciaire; Little Ice Age (period of cooling that occurred after the Medieval Warm Period, usually defined as between the 14th–16th to the 19th centuries)
PAM: initialism of programme alimentaire mondial (“World Food Programme”); WFP
PASS: initialism of parcours accès spécifique santé (“specific health access path”)
PAT: PAT; Pointe-aux-Trembles—a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada
PC: CP initialism of Presse canadienne (Canadian Press); CP initialism of Physique-Chimie (Engineering stream)
PCC: initialism of Parti conservateur du Canada (“CPC”); initialism of Parti communiste chinois (“CPC”)
PCF: initialism of Parti communiste français (“French Communist Party”)
PCQ: CPQ: initialism of Parti conservateur du Québec (“Conservative Party of Quebec”)
PCUS: CPSU (initialism of Parti communiste de l'Union soviétique)
PCV: initialism of paiement contre vérification: reverse charge call, collect call
PDG: CEO (US, Canada) (chief executive officier) or MD (UK) (managing director) or president
PDP: POP (probability of precipitation) abbreviation of probabilité de précipitations
PDQ: abbreviation of poste de quartier
PDS: SRP (“suggested retail price”) initialism of prix de détail suggéré
PDSC: MSRP (“manufacturer's suggested retail price”) initialism of prix de détail suggéré du constructeur
PDSF: MSRP (“manufacturer's suggested retail price”) initialism of prix de détail suggéré par le fabricant
PE: PE (“polyethylene”); abbreviation of polyéthylène
PE-BD: LDPE (“low density polyethylene”); abbreviation of polyéthylène basse densité
PE-HD: HDPE abbreviation of polyéthylène haute densité (“high density polyethylene”)
PEB: (library science) a system enabling a library to borrow a document from another library to make it available for a registered reader
PEM: initialism of pôle d'échanges multimodal (“multi-modal exchange point”)
PET: PET (“polyethylene terephthalate”); abbreviation of polyéthylène téréphtalate
PETE: PETE (“polyethylene terephthalate”) abbreviation of polyéthylène téréphtalate
PETase: PETase (any of a family of enzymes that break down polyethylene terephthalate)
PFK: KFC (chain of fast-food chicken restaurants)
PGA: initialism of Prime Globale/Générale d'Alimentation (subsistence allowance paid to members of the armed forces)
PGCD: initialism of plus grand commun dénominateur or plus grand commun diviseur: gcd
PH: CVH: initialism of porte-hélicoptère: helicopter carrier
PHA: LHD: initialism of porte-hélicoptère amphibie (“amphibious helicopter carrier”) (with well deck); LHA: initialism of porte-hélicoptère d'assaut (“helicopter assault carrier”) (without well deck)
PHI: initialism of porte-hélicoptère d'intervention (“helicopter intervention carrier”)
PIB: GDP
PIE: abbreviation of pistolet à impulsion électrique: taser
PIÉ: abbreviation of pistolet à impulsion électrique
PL: initialism of poids lourd