ba
noun
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
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ba
1 American
[bah]
/ bɑ /
noun
Egyptian Religion.
bā
2
American
[bah]
/ bɑ /
noun
Ba
3
American
Symbol, Chemistry.
BA
4
American
abbreviation
ba.
5
American
abbreviation
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bath.
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bathroom.
B.A.
6
American
abbreviation
B.A.
7
American
abbreviation
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bastard amber.
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batting average.
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British Academy.
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British America.
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British Association (for Advancement of Science).
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Buenos Aires.
BA
1
British
abbreviation
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Bachelor of Arts
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British Academy
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British Airways
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British Association (for the Advancement of Science)
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British Association screw thread
ba'
2
British
/ bɑː, bɔː /
noun
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a game somewhat like rugby played in Orkney at Christmas and New Year between two very large teams of players
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a similar game played at Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders in mid-February
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the stuffed leather ball used in these games
Ba
3
British
/ bɑː /
noun
Ba
4
British
symbol
ba
5
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of ba1
Vocalization of Egyptian bʾ
Origin of B.A.6
First recorded in 1755–65, B.A. is from New Latin Baccalaureus Artium
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But in Taiwanese Mandarin, the second ba sounds stronger.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023
He'd do a dramatic moment and then come out of it and throw a few fart jokes and crosseyed zingers and ba dum bumps, and that was just him.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2022
But summer isn’t quite over yet, and I am still feeling the pull of the true dry soups like ba mii pu.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
They dribbled it with blood-red paint and etched the Creole words “Respe ba Matinik. Respe ba 22 Me.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2021
Anna May had said her ba was irked about the picture.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Bay, bā, n. an inlet of the sea with a wider opening than a gulf: an inward bend of the shore.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Bay, bā, adj. reddish brown inclining to chestnut.—n. elliptical for 'bay-horse.'—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
I met the one who had said sarishān bā again, soon after.
From The Gypsies by Charles Godfrey Leland
Bey, bā, n. a Turkish governor of a town or province.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Then add the consonants: bā , bay, bee, cā , cay, etc., etc.
From Papers on Health by Edward Bruce Kirk
But they also encounter an authoritarian society, Ba Sing Se, where a shadow government maintains control over its population by censoring free expression.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Demba Ba raced away to score as a Chelsea team containing Mohamed Salah won 2-0 at Liverpool.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
“Grateful to have helped cofound at the start,” Ba wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Ba, a prominent AI researcher, played a central role in the development of Grok chatbot models, including work on the forthcoming Grok 4.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
But Ba hadn’t spoken to me at all.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the inspections of Boeing BA -3.33%decrease; down pointing triangle 737 Max jets for cracks of a component that could affect the structural integrity of the planes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“We’ve had a fire in the cabin; it was a mobile phone that scorched the inside of the cabin,” a pilot on board the BA flight radioed to air-traffic controllers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The airline has no arrangement with Swissport which had provided some fuel to another BA plane.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The family, who spent £4,000 on the flights for a group of 10, warned BA staff the day before of what Mason might say, as he was anxious about flying.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
By the time Chacko finished his BA and left for Oxford to do another one, Kerala was on the brink of civil war.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Preston sang along with a McDonald’s commercial that came on the radio: “Ba da ba ba ba. I’m lovin’ it.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2018
Paulson holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. from Carleton College.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Martin had a B.A., having studied English and Latin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
Missy has a M.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. from UCLA.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
In 2023, he graduated from Elon University with a B.A. in journalism, a B.A. in cinema and television arts and minors in photography and psychology.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
“A B.A. is a very long and difficult book.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
King Charles has played a part in a historic hand ba' game in the Scottish Borders - despite some concern from his security guards.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
That ba’ was really the start o’ football here,” said her son Davie, according to the club’s official history.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2015
Clootie on purpose missed his ba', And landed slap intil its maw.
From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Violet Flint
"Look, grandpaw, a new gowf ba' I foond, lost on the links."
From More Toasts by Marion Dix Mosher
An' my hea't was beatin' so, When I reached my lady's do', Dat I could n't ba' to go— Jump back, honey, jump back.
From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by William Dean Howells
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