NEA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nea"

Translingual

Etymology

English Northeast Africa

Proper noun

NEA

1. (planetology, geology) Abbreviation of northeast Africa.

English

Noun

NEA (plural NEAs)

1. (astronomy) Initialism of near-Earth asteroid.
2. (education) Initialism of non-examination assessment.

Hypernyms

near-Earth asteroid

• NEO (near-Earth object)

Hyponyms

near-Earth asteroid

• PHA (potentially hazardous asteroid)

Coordinate terms

near-Earth asteroid

• PHO (potentially hazardous object)

Related terms

near-Earth asteroid

• NEC (near-Earth comet)
• NEO (near-Earth object)

Proper noun

NEA

1. (business) Initialism of New Enterprise Associates.
2. (Singapore) Initialism of National Environment Agency.
3. (US) Initialism of National Education Association.
   • 2023 May 31, Annette Choi, “Teachers are calling it quits amid rising school violence, burnout and stagnating salaries”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     High on the list of proposals educators said they support to combat burnout – after raising salaries and hiring more teachers — was providing additional mental health and behavioral support for students, according to the 2022 NEA survey.

   • 2024 July 3, Rebekah Reiss, “Pro-Israel education group warns of ‘antisemitism and anti-Israel bias’ in teachers’ union proposals”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Two rallies were held Wednesday outside the convention hall, one by the Educators for Palestine group – which is made up of NEA members - and a counter rally by StandWithUs, a nonprofit pro-Israel advocacy organization. StandWithUs has characterized several proposed agenda items being discussed as antisemitic.

4. (US) Initialism of National Endowment for the Arts.
   • 2017 May 23, Gregory Krieg and Will Mullery, “Trump’s budget by the numbers: What gets cut and why”, in CNN‎^[3]:

     “The Budget proposes to begin shutting down the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 2018, given the notable funding support provided by private and other public sources and because the Administration does not consider NEA activities to be core Federal responsibilities.”

Anagrams

• ANE, e.An., -ane, NAE, -ean, EAN, ENA, ean