S.A.

S.A.
1. Salvation Army.
2. seaman apprentice.
3. South Africa.
4. South America.
5. South Australia.
6. (used in French and Spanish as an abbreviation for corporation.)
[ < F société anonyme or Sp sociedad anónima]

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s.a.,
an abbreviation for the following:
1. semiannual.
2. subject to approval.
3. undated (Latin, sine anno, without a year).
4. under the year (Latin, sub anno).
SA (no periods),
1. seaman apprentice.
2. storm troops (German, Sturmabteilung).
3. surface-to-air.
S.A.,
an abbreviation for the following:
1. corporation (for French Société Anonyme, Spanish Sociedad Anónima, Italian Società Anonima, etc.)
2. Salvation Army.
3. a) Saudi Arabia. b) Saudi Arabian.
4. Seventh Avenue.
5. a) South Africa. b) South African.
6. a) South America. b) South American.
7. a) South Australia. b) South Australian.
8. storm troops (German, Sturmabteilung).

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abbr.
semiannual
sex appeal
without year or date
Origin:
from Latin sine anno
subject to approval

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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