na

¹ American  

[nah, nuh] / nɑ, nə /

adverb

1. no.

2. not; in no way; by no means.

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conjunction

1. nor; neither.

Na ² American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. sodium.

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NA ³ American  

abbreviation

1. not applicable. Also n/a

2. not available.

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n/a ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. no account.

2. not applicable. Also NA

3. not available.

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N.A. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. National Army.

2. North America.

3. not applicable.

4. Microscopy. numerical aperture.

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NA ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. North America

2. Netherlands Antilles (international car registration)

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Na ² British  

symbol

1. sodium

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na ³ British  

/ nɑː /

determiner

1. a variant of nae

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na ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Namibia

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n/a ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. not applicable

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Etymology

Origin of na¹

before 900; Middle English (north and Scots); in part representing Old English nā ( n ( e ) not, nor + ā ever; ay ¹ ); in part variant of ne; no ¹

Origin of Na²

From the New Latin word natrium

Example Sentences

Nam Jin and Na Hoon-A, widely considered South Korea's first pop "idols", pushed trot to new heights during their fierce rivalry from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s.

From BBC

Listen to No, I'm not crying by Na Hoon-A below:

From BBC

Fully computer-animated films followed, along with fully digital nonhuman characters such as Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings” and the Na’vi from “Avatar.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Zhang and Na conducted the work as postdoctoral researchers at Caltech and are now based at Tsinghua University and Peking University in Beijing, respectively.

From Science Daily

Luis Massiani, Webster’s president and operating chief, would be operating chief of both Santander Holdings USA and Santander Bank NA.

From The Wall Street Journal