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
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
John Krafcik, a former CEO of Hyundai Motor America, recalled an evening karaoke session in Seoul more than a decade ago, when Chung grabbed a mic and belted out Queen’s “Radio Ga Ga.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
“Georgia is in play!” said Denise Hollingsworth, a retired attorney who moved to Georgia from New Jersey last year, and started phone banking for Harris when a new campaign office opened in East Point, Ga.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024
Amari surmised that women from many different tribes and countries were imprisoned here—Ibo, Ga, and Mandinka.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
You can get a GA combo pass that includes shuttle transportation starting at $699.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
That was Garret Anderson, GA to his friends, a Hall of Fame player in all the ways that numbers don’t show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
As of Friday afternoon, you’ll pay between $4,000 and $5,000 for a sold-out weekend one GA pass on StubHub.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 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
And, what's more, you can jolly well join GA, GD and GB, and see what that looks like.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 by Sir Owen Seaman
“Cape Fear” filmed in Atlanta and Savannah, Ga. That’s a long trip back to Spain but manageable and certainly worthwhile, he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
“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
Tyson Foods has reported eight incidents since 2020, including a fatal explosion caused by a ruptured oil hose at a Camilla, Ga., facility in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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
Columbus, Ga., Straus family settles in, 17; life in, 18; captured and looted by Union forces, 17; dinner to S. at, 242.
From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Oscar S. Straus
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
Salvatore Martirano's "L's G.A. for Gas-Masked Politico, Helium Bomb, and Two-Channel Tape," to give the full title of the piece that ended the program, is a blast from the 1968 past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2018
Then he searched for just the right job, which turned out to be G.A.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2015
During a visit on Wednesday to Jaffna, the Tamil-dominated city in Sri Lanka's north, Morrison met the governor of the Northern Province, G.A.
From Reuters ● Jul. 10, 2014
An East Karhidish tale, as told in Gorinhering by Tobord Chorhawa and recorded by G.A.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin elders gave the mammoth the name Nun cho ga, “big baby animal” in the Hän language, according to a news release issued last week.
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
Like the chicken in the pad ga prao, Martinet and Devaul make the sausages in house by grinding their own pork.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
Just like the term solfege which is made up of the syllables “sol” and “fa,” sargam is comprised of the syllables sa re and ga, the first three pitches of the Indian scale.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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