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  • Sa
    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.


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

Example Sentences

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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

Relatives of Flores, Maduro’s wife, controlled financing at Petróleos de Venezuela SA, the state oil company known as PdVSA, and black-market oil sales, and engaged in money laundering, according to U.S. prosecutors and Venezuela experts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Among those impacted are Venezuelan company Empresa Aeronautica Nacional SA and its chair, which the US Treasury said had acquired Iranian-designed drones.

From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025

Rossi bought the bank through his company Altair Holding SA.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

Helmuth's teacher, Herr Zeiger, wears his SA uniform to school, and his Nazi Party badge winks in the light as he struts around the classroom.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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