SA

See also: ᎦᎪ and Appendix:Variations of "sa"

Translingual

Symbol

SA

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Saudi Arabia.

   Synonym: SAU (alpha-3)

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Homophone: essay

Adjective

SA (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Abbreviation of sinoatrial / sinoauricular.

   SA block;  SA node

2. (in gay personal advertisements) Abbreviation of straight-acting.

Noun

SA (countable and uncountable, plural SAs)

1. Initialism of sexual abuse.

   Hyponym: CSA

2. Initialism of sex appeal.
3. Initialism of special agent.
4. Initialism of small arms.
5. Initialism of surface area.
6. Initialism of simulated annealing.
7. Initialism of Sustainability Analysis.
8. Initialism of Scenario Analysis.

Proper noun

SA

1. Initialism of North Sulawesi, a province of Indonesia.
2. (sports) Initialism of San Antonio.
3. Initialism of South Africa.
4. Initialism of South America.
5. Initialism of Saudi Arabia.
6. (Australia) Initialism of South Australia, a state of Australia.

   Coordinate terms: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, TAS, VIC, WA

7. Abbreviation of Sturmabteilung.
8. Initialism of Stage Accompany.
9. Initialism of San Andreas.

Anagrams

• A's, A*'s, A*s, A+'s, A-'s, A/S, AS, As, A−'s, A♭s, A♯s, a's, a.s., as, as-

Catalan

Noun

SA

1. Initialism of societat anònima.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

SA

1. Initialism of société anonyme (Incorporated (Inc.)) (Limited liability company (Ltd.))

German

Alternative forms

• SA.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

SA f

1. Abbreviation of Sturmabteilung.

See also

• SA-Mann
• SS

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ːbʲisɨᵝe̞ɾʲia̠]

Noun

SA(サービスエリア) • (sābisueria) 

1. Abbreviation of サービスエリア.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Syllabification: S‧A

Noun

SA f

1. Initialism of spółka akcyjna.

Usage notes

S.A. is a variant spelling that does not comply with Polish orthography, but is quite common even in official use, being classified as acceptable in some dictionaries. The prescribed spelling is SA.

Further reading

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