GPO

Proper noun

abbreviation alt-of initialism US Canada Israel

Japanese Meaning

General Post Office（総合郵便局）の頭字語 / German Patent Office（ドイツ特許庁）の頭字語 / Government Publishing Office（政府出版局、旧称：Government Printing Office＝政府印刷局）の頭字語

The old GPO building downtown has been converted into a museum.

中心街の古い中央郵便局の建物は博物館に改装されました。

Sense（1）

Initialism of General Post Office.

"Yes. He gets to Paris at seven in the morning. He promised to telephone the first thing."

"You expensive little monkey!"

"Why?"

"It's ten shillings for three minutes, or something like that, and you have to go to the G.P.O. or the Mansion House or some such place, I believe."

Sense（2）

Initialism of German patent office.

Sense（3）

(US) Initialism of Government Publishing Office, formerly Government Printing Office.

Sense（4）

(US) Initialism of group purchasing organization.

Sense（5）

(Canada, politics) Initialism of Green Party of Ontario.

Sense（6）

(Israel) Initialism of government press office.