SSA

See also: ssa, ssą, and -ssa

English

Proper noun

SSA

1. Initialism of sub-Saharan Africa.
2. (European Union, space science) Initialism of Space Situational Awareness (a programme of ESA)
3. (government, US) Initialism of Social Security Administration
4. (travelling) Initialism of Deputado Luis Eduardo Magalhaes Airport (in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil)

Noun

SSA (countable and uncountable, plural SSAs)

1. (geometry) Initialism of side side angle (a geometric proof reason)
2. (engineering) Initialism of specific surface area.
3. (management) Initialism of supervisory special agent.
4. Initialism of special security agreement.
5. (finance) Initialism of supranationals, sub-sovereigns and agencies (“bond market segment”).
   • 2021, Alexander During, Fixed Income Trading and Risk Management: The Complete Guide, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 147:

     This segment of issuers is known as the supranationals, or supras. Together with regional and agency borrowers, the bonds issued by supranationals form a bond market segment known as SSA (supras, sub-sovereigns and agencies).

6. Initialism of same-sex attraction.

Adjective

SSA (not comparable)

1. Initialism of same-sex-attracted.

Anagrams

• SAS, ASS, ass, Sas, SAs, -ass

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæsˌæsˌɑː/, [ˈæs̠ˌæs̠ˌɑ̝ː]
• IPA^(key): /ˈesˌesˌɑː/, [ˈe̞s̠ˌe̞s̠ˌɑ̝ː] (obsolete)

Proper noun

SSA

1. Acronym of Suomen sanojen alkuperä, an etymological dictionary of the Finnish language.

Declension

Inflection of SSA (type maa) singular plural nominative SSA – genitive SSA:n – partitive SSA:ta – accusative SSA SSA:n – inessive SSA:ssa – elative SSA:sta – illative SSA:han – adessive SSA:lla – ablative SSA:lta – allative SSA:lle – essive SSA:na – translative SSA:ksi – abessive SSA:tta – instructive – – comitative – –