Ga
noun
a Kwa language of Ghana, spoken in Accra and vicinity.
Ga
1 American
[gah]
/ gɑ /
noun
Ga
2
American
Symbol, Chemistry.
GA
3
American
Ga.
4
American
abbreviation
G.A.
5
American
abbreviation
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General Agent.
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General Assembly.
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Insurance. Also g.a., G/A general average.
GA
1
British
abbreviation
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General Assembly (of the United Nations)
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general average
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Georgia
Ga
2
British
/ ɡɑː /
noun
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a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in S Ghana
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the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family
Ga
3
British
symbol
Ga.
4
British
abbreviation
ga
5
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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“Indexed Universal Life policies are often sold as a ‘have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too’ solution: stock-market upside with downside protection and tax-free income,” said Mark Stancato, a certified financial planner with VIP Wealth Advisors in Decatur, Ga.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Our keynote speaker, Truett Cathy, shared his story about growing up poor in Eatonton, Ga.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
It comes from “The Underdog,” off the band’s 2007 album, “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga”: You got no fear of the underdog — that’s why you will not survive.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025
If he ultimately gets the job and accepts, he will head out for training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers in Brunswick, Ga.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025
It is a pentatonic raga, which means that only 5 pitches are used, Sa, Re, Ga, Pa and Dha.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
You can get a GA combo pass that includes shuttle transportation starting at $699.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
It should have mattered that GA delivered the most important hit in Angels’ history, the game-winner in the 2002 World Series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
He said the player everybody called GA, didn’t have to be managed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
Prior to that, she reported on Hyundai’s first U.S. electric vehicle plant for the Current GA through the Dow Jones News Fund.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
In this figure I have first drawn the pavement by means of the diagonals GA, Go, Go, &c., and the vanishing point V, the square at A being given.
From The Theory and Practice of Perspective by Storey, G. A. (George Adolphus)
“They make a great product,” Trump said during a speech on the economy in Rome, Ga., according to a transcript.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
If the money is already spoken for, especially if it’s intended for essentials, “then it’s not a reasonable decision to spend $1,000 on sporting tickets,” Christine Hargrove, a financial therapist in Athens, Ga., told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
His family confirmed to The Times that he died Tuesday in Marietta, Ga. The cause was complications from a stroke he suffered over the weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
The man who became Buddy Bradley was born Clarence Bradley Epps in 1905 in Clarkesville, Ga. Orphaned at 14, he moved to Harrisburg, Pa., and soon went to work as a busboy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Clammy-pubescent or glandular; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acute, toothed, mostly shorter than the peduncles; corolla whitish, yellow within.—Ky. to N. C. and Ga. 4.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
“And because I knew Bryce, because I knew Chip, because my son was thinking about being a G.A. here, I was definitely interested.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Over the course of several days, Mr. Thiel met with other virtual scholars, including G.A.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
The plan will save the cost of gas needed to fire up the ovens every morning, Roeders calculates, even if it means paying staff at family-owned G.A.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2022
Presidents, premiers, monarchs and other dignitaries won’t have to show vaccination cards or other proof of inoculation — they’ll simply attest to it by swiping their ID badges at the assembly hall, G.A.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
He had picked it up during a single summer spent in what he called "Hotlanta G.A."
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
In Vietnam, com ga mam toi, or garlicky chicken rice, is often considered a working person’s meal.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
For now, Nun cho ga is in a freezer in the Yukon, several hours from the mine where it was found, awaiting further analysis.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2022
"Nun cho ga is beautiful and one of the most incredible mummified ice age animals ever discovered in the world," said Yukon palaeontologist Grant Zazula.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2022
My apartment is at the edge of Chicago's Little Vietnam stretch and pho ga from Nhà Hàng Vietnam Restaurant has quickly become my go-to post-work comfort food.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022
Shikata ga nai was good, and it was bad.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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