Definition of DLI - Reverso English Dictionary

Acronym

acr: Defense Language Institute

TECH.

teaches languages to military people

TECH.

Many soldiers attend DLI to learn foreign languages quickly.
He attended a course at the DLI.
DLI offers intensive language programs.

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French:école militaire d'apprentissage des langues, ...
German:Defense Language Institute, ...
Italian:DLI, ...
Spanish:Instituto de Idiomas de Defensa, ...
Portuguese:Instituto de Línguas de Defesa, ...
Chinese:国防语言学院, ...
Japanese:防衛語学研究所, ...
Arabic:مَعْهَد الدِّفاع لِلغات, ...
Hebrew:מָכוֹן שָׂפוֹת שֶׁל הַהֲגָנָה, ...
Russian:Институт оборонных языков, ...
Ukrainian:Інститут іноземних мов Міністерства оборони, ...
Hindi:रक्षा भाषा संस्थान, ...
Bengali:ডিফেন্স ল্যাঙ্গুয়েজ ইনস্টিটিউট, ...
Catalan:Institut de Llengües de Defensa, ...
Czech:Institut obranných jazyků, ...
Danish:Forsvars Sproginstitut, ...
Dutch:Defensie Taalinstituut, ...
Greek:Ινστιτούτο Αμυντικής Γλωσσικής Εκπαίδευσης, ...
Hungarian:Defense Language Institute, ...
Khmer:វិទ្យាស្ថានភាសាការពារជាតិ, ...
Korean:국방언어연구소, ...
Persian:مؤسسه زبان دفاعی, ...
Polish:Instytut Językowy Sił Zbrojnych, ...
Portuguese (BR):DLI, ...
Romanian:Institutul de Limbi al Apărării, ...
Swedish:Försvars språk institutet, ...
Thai:สถาบันภาษากลาโหม, ...
Turkish:Savunma Dil Enstitüsü, ...
Vietnamese:Viện Ngôn Ngữ Quốc Phòng, ...

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