NASA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nasa"

English

Alternative forms

• N.A.S.A.
• (space agency): Nasa (British, Australian, New Zealand English variant)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæsə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æsə

Proper noun

NASA

1. Acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
   • 2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point‎^[1], Pocket Books, →ISBN:

     NASA was often accused of talking over the public's head.

   • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 215:

     Researchers at NASA have taken an interest in 'mycotecture' and its potential role in growing structures on the Moon.

   • 2025 April 24, Andrew Freedman, “Trump administration cancels top NASA climate lab’s lease at Columbia University”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     A NASA spokesperson said in a statement “employees would be placed on temporary remote work agreements while NASA seeks and evaluates options for a new space for the GISS team.”

2. (sports) Acronym of National Auto Sport Association

Derived terms

• Nastronaut

Translations

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Arabic: نَاسَا f (nāsā)
• Bengali: নাসা (bn) (naśa)
• French: NASA (fr) f
• German: NASA (de) f
• Hebrew: נאס״א
• Hindi: नासा (hi) (nāsā)
• Hungarian: NASA (hu)
• Japanese: NASA (ja) (NASA), ナサ (ja) (Nasa)
• Korean: 나사 (ko) (Nasa)
• Macedonian: НАСА f (NASA)
• Marathi: नासा (nāsā)
• Persian: ناسا (nâsâ)
• Polish: NASA (pl) f
• Portuguese: NASA (pt) f
• Romanian: NASA (ro) f
• Russian: НА́СА (ru) f or n (NÁSA)
• Spanish: NASA (es) f
• Telugu: నాసా (nāsā)
• Thai: นาซา (naa-saa), นาซ่า (naa-sâa)
• Turkish: NASA (tr)
• Ukrainian: НАСА f or n (NASA)
• Vietnamese: NASA (vi)

References

• “NASA”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “NASA”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “NASA”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “NASA” (US) / “NASA” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “NASA”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• NASA in Britannica Dictionary

Further reading

• (space agency): NASA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (sports): NASA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Sana, Ṣan‘ā’, Saan, ANAs, anas, San'a', AANs, Naas, ansa

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English NASA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.za/
• Rhymes: -za

Proper noun

NASA f

1. NASA

German

Alternative forms

• Nasa

Etymology

Borrowed from English NASA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːza/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

NASA f (proper noun, genitive NASA)

1. (with definite article) NASA (abbreviation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Declension

Declension of NASA [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	NASA
genitive	einer	der	NASA
dative	einer	der	NASA
accusative	eine	die	NASA

Polish

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English NASA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.sa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: NA‧SA

Proper noun

NASA f (indeclinable)

1. NASA

Further reading

• NASA in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• NASA in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English NASA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.zɐ/

Proper noun

NASA f

1. NASA (acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English NASA

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naː˧˧ zaː˧˧], [naː˧˧ saː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [naː˧˧ zaː˧˧] ~ [naː˧˧ jaː˧˧], [naː˧˧ saː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [naː˧˧ zaː˧˧] ~ [naː˧˧ jaː˧˧], [naː˧˧ saː˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: na za, na xa

Proper noun

NASA

1. NASA (acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration)