Expon.
/ˈɛkspəʊ/, U.S. /ˈɛkˌspoʊ/ A large international exhibition; spec. the world fair held at Montreal in 1967.
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1963 Montreal Star 31 Dec. 3/2 The request of the Expo to study the selection of a new symbol.
1963 Montreal Star 31 Dec. 3/2 They have been asked by the Expo authorities to meet.
1965 Economist 10 July p. xxxviii/1 On April 28, 1967, the world will know whether the Montreal Expo is a work of creative imagination or an overblown exercise.
1968 Guardian 16 July 11/1 Ever since the first World Exposition was held in London in 1851, every Expo has been held in the Western Hemisphere.
1969 N.Z. News 11 June 3/4 Executive chef for the New Zealand restaurants at Expo 70 in Japan.
1970 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 17/2 International power-game politics are never far away from the realities of an Expo.
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