CAA

or C.A.A.

Civil Aeronautics Administration: reorganized into the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Words nearby CAA

C1, C2, C3, C4, ca', CAA, Caaba, cab, cabal, cabala, cabaletta

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Example sentences from the Web for CAA

How much editorial authority should be given to those who want to keep things cool between the CIA and CAA?
Outcry Over SEAL Matt Bissonnette’s Bin Laden Book Reveals Pentagon Hypocrisy|Michael Daly|September 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But her personal publicist, Melissa Raubvogel, denied Bynes had been fired, and said no such event had happened with CAA.
Amanda Bynes Quits Hollywood: Behind Her Erratic Behavior|Jacob Bernstein|April 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Though sources say her CAA agents had a please-get-help talk with her this year, Bynes has so far resisted.
Amanda Bynes Quits Hollywood: Behind Her Erratic Behavior|Jacob Bernstein|April 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Just this week, CAA's Bryan Lourd sent word that he was working on getting the play developed as a movie.
For One Night, Larry Kramer's Not Angry|Jacob Bernstein|April 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST

He even set up a screening of Behind the Burly Q earlier that day at CAA, his (and her) agency.
A Hollywood Wife's Sexy Alter-Ego|Nicole LaPorte|April 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Besides, you caan't git back Pennington by stayin' in a cave.
The Birthright|Joseph Hocking
The CAA aircar slowed to a halt, its fans died, and it settled to its wheels.
By Proxy|Gordon Randall Garrett
If they are at Caa Honda we wont have much trouble finding them.
The Radio Detectives Under the Sea|A. Hyatt Verrill
Ca que muito ladra, nunca bom para a caa—A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
Two or three men sat in the wine-shop with little glasses of caa before them, and Appleby was reassured when he glanced at them.
The Dust of Conflict|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

British Dictionary definitions for CAA (1 of 3)

caa¹

ca'

/ (kɔː) /

verb, noun

a Scot word for call

British Dictionary definitions for CAA (2 of 3)

caa²

ca'

/ (kɔː) /

verb Scot

to drive or propel

to knock

caa canny or ca' canny to proceed cautiously; go slow

caa the feet frae or ca' the feet frae to send (a person) sprawling

British Dictionary definitions for CAA (3 of 3)

CAA

abbreviation for (in Britain)

Civil Aviation Authority

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