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Anzus|ˈænzəs|
Also ANZUS.
[f. the initials of Australia, New Zealand, United States.]
The combination of Australia, New Zealand, and the United States for the security of the Pacific, usu. attrib. in Anzus Alliance, Anzus Council, Anzus Pact, etc.
1952Sydney Morning Her. 18 July 3/4 The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, yesterday suggested that the Pacific Council be called the ‘Anzus Council’. Ibid. 9 Aug. 2/1 (headline) Anzus Alliance ‘gets off to a good start’. 1952Times 16 Oct. 5/6 Britain's Exclusion from a.n.z.u.s. 1952N.Y. Times 15 Dec. 1/6 The Alliance..known as anzus, was devised to safeguard the Antipodes against a resurgence of Japanese militarism. 1959Times 27 Oct. 12/5 Senior diplomatic and military officials of the United States, Australia, and New Zealand met..to-day for the annual review of the Anzus defence pact. |