略りゃく称しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

abbreviation; abbreviated name; call by a shortened form

Refers especially to a shortened name or designation. As a transitive する-verb, it commonly appears in the pattern AをBと略称する, meaning to abbreviate or refer to A as B.

• 国こく際さい連れん合ごうは「国こく連れん」という略りゃく称しょうで呼よばれる。

  The United Nations is called by the abbreviation 'Kokuren.'

• パーソナルコンピューターを「パソコン」と略りゃく称しょうする。

  Personal computers are abbreviated as 'pasokon.'