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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

If Sporting are to upset both Arsenal and Gyokeres and progress to the last four they would reach a stage Sa Pinto knows well.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 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

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

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

Working with the Venezuelan state company, Petróleos de Venezuela, SA, was never really an option due to its underlying debt and history of corruption, the person said.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

Companies will be able to sign contracts with state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA or its affiliates, allowing the private firms to operate state-owned oil fields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

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

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

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

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 name of LOB appears under the form Lo pou in the Yuan-shi, s.a.

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

Expectations of tighter monetary policy continue to weigh on the nonyielding asset, says Bas Kooijman of DHF Capital S.A.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 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

How was Jeremiah treated by the foreign conqueror? 314-318 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

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

Joy ye, and be ye glaid; for your mede is plentuous in heuenis: for sa thai haue persewit alsa prophetis that war before you.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023

To do this he cites approvingly an 1848 case and terms like “in ventre sa mere”:

From Slate ● May 5, 2022

Merlyn took off his hat raising his staff of lignum vitae politely in the air, and said slowly, “Snybem stnemilpmoc ot enutpen dna lliw eh yidnik tpecca siht yob sa a hsif?”

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

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