BQ

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BQ

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Caribbean Netherlands since 2010.
    Synonym: BES (alpha-3)
  2. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the British Antarctic Territory from 1974 to 1979.
    Synonym: ATB (alpha-3)

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In relation to its use for the British Antarctic Territory, the code was deprecated in favour of AQ, the code for Antarctica.

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BQ (plural BQs)

  1. (running) Boston qualifier (a time which qualifies a runner for Boston Marathon).

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BQ

  1. (Canadian politics) Initialism of Bloc Quebecois: a political party of Canada.

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BQ m

  1. (initialism, Canada, politics) Bloc Québécois—a political party of Canada

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