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    Sa
    samarium.
  • SA
    SA
    abbreviation
    seaman apprentice.
  • S/A
    S/A
    survivorship agreement.
  • s.a.
    s.a.
    abbreviation
    without year or date.
  • S.A.
    S.A.
    abbreviation
    (used in French and Spanish as an abbreviation forcorporation. )
  • sa
    sa
    abbreviation
    Saudi Arabia

Sa

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. samarium.


SA 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. seaman apprentice.

  2. social anxiety.

  3. sexual assault (or abuse).


S/A 3 American  
  1. Banking. survivorship agreement.


s.a. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. without year or date.


s.a. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. semiannual.

  2. sex appeal.

  3. subject to approval.


S.A. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. (used in French and Spanish as an abbreviation forcorporation. )


S.A. 7 American  

abbreviation

  1. Salvation Army.

  2. seaman apprentice.

  3. South Africa.

  4. South America.

  5. South Australia.


SA 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Salvation Army

  2. Sociedad Anónima

  3. Société anonyme

  4. South Africa

  5. South America

  6. South Australia

  7. Sturmabteilung: the Nazi terrorist militia, organized around 1924

  8. Saudi Arabia (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

s.a. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. semiannual

  2. sex appeal

  3. sine anno

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Sa 3 British  

symbol

  1. samarium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sa 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Saudi Arabia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of s.a.4

From Latin sine annō

Origin of S.A.6

< French société anonyme or Spanish sociedad anónima

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Nottingham Forest are in line to sign Portuguese midfielder Gustavo Sa from Famalicao, with the 21-year-old then expected to move to Greek side Olympiacos on loan.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Matt Doherty fouled Joao Pedro and Palmer stepped up to send Jose Sa the wrong way with his 13th-minute penalty.

From Barron's Feb. 7, 2026

The City Ground club had held talks with Wolves over a move for Jose Sa, but have since pivoted to Ortega.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2026

Never-campers might opt for Sediba Sa Rona, which opens the same month with stilted suites overlooking the Khwai River.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 20, 2025

“Did anybody see which way he went? What an exciting day, what? Sa sa cy avaunt, cy sa avaunt, sa cy avaunt!”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

At the Pozos Colorados terminal, which handles most of the country’s fuel imports, a subsidiary of state-controlled Ecopetrol SA unveiled Colombia’s largest storage tank in June, expanding capacity for refined products.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2026

Earlier work led by Dr. Wang and Professor Tom Gordon, Head of Immunology at SA Pathology in South Australia, decoded the structure of this PF4 antibody in 2022.

From Science Daily Apr. 10, 2026

Treasury Department has since eased sanctions on Petróleos de Venezuela SA, the state oil company known as PdVSA, issuing a general license allowing American companies to export and sell Venezuelan crude.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Vijay began as a child actor in the 1980s and was launched as a lead actor in 1992 by his parents - filmmaker SA Chandrasekhar and singer-writer Shoba Chandrasekhar - with Naalaiya Theerpu.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2026

It doesn’t mean that Peugeot SA is invulnerable or immortal.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

If A is the area of the plate web in a vertical section, the intensity of shearing stress is fx = S/A and the intensity on horizontal sections is the same.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

Soc., i, s.a. 1586-7, where is recorded an expense item for a payment to "Mr. Chauncelor" for entering a presentment for collections for the poor.

From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Sedley Lynch Ware

For examples of bribery see Wing Acc'ts, s.a.

From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Sedley Lynch Ware

The Po Yi and Ho Ni tribes are mentioned in the Yuan Shi, s.a.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule

Saturday. s.a., secundum artem=According to art; sine anno=Without date.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

For examples of fees paid for absolution from an unjust excommunication see Minchinhampton Acc'ts, s.a.

From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Sedley Lynch Ware

How did his relatively brief stint in the NFL and longer life experiences shape a book that is as affecting as the debut novels of Mosley, Michael Connelly or S.A.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Kamoa Copper S.A. is a joint venture owned in equal parts by Canada's Ivanhoe Mines and China's Zijin Mining, with the Congolese state holding a 20-percent minority stake.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

The bigger fish that the sanctions target is Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A., or Gaesa.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

Apart from a few cameos and crossovers — “the S.A. Cosby Shared Universe,” he jokes — Cosby writes stand-alone novels.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

Can you discover evidences of the dramatic lyric and narrative styles used? 456-478 S.A.

From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall

He joined ACT UP; co-founded Kambal sa Lusog, a Filipino gay and lesbian group; and was a member of Godzilla, a loose collective of Asian American artists.

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2024

"Para sa bayan," which means "for our country", she told a Filipino news crew after the match in Wellington.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2023

Head to the Seward Park Amphitheater to enjoy food, arts and craft booths, children’s games and cultural and contemporary performances, and help Pista sa Nayon preserve and share Filipino culture.

From Seattle Times Jul. 14, 2023

Then he turned to the lawmakers and said, “If you forgive the poor attempt at Irish: Tá mé sa bhaile. I’m at home. I’m at home. I only wish I could stay longer.”

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 2023

“He sa ys he kno ws,” Helen told Theresa.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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