Meanings
GA1
- Englandabbreviationhuman sciencesAbbreviation of General American.
- abbreviationinitialismUNInitialism of General Assembly.
- USabbreviationAbbreviation of Georgia: a state of the United States.
plural GAs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of geographic atrophy.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of general availability.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableaeronauticsInitialism of general aviation.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablewiki jargonInitialism of good article.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableball gamesInitialism of goal attack.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of genetic algorithm.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of global affairs.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of granuloma annulare.
- abbreviationAbbreviation of go ahead.
Ga2
- A Niger-Congo language spoken in Ghana and Togo.
- chemistryChemical element symbol for gallium.
- symbolastronomySymbol for gigayears ago (giga-annums ago), a unit of time equal to 10⁹ years in the past.
plural Gas
- A member of a particular ethnic group in Ghana and Togo.
1 more example
Among the Ga, the people who are indigenous to Ghana's capital, Accra, a woman is entitled to a live sheep on the delivery of her 10th child. The word for it is "nyongmato". […] Lots of very important people among the Gas can testify to this. Unfortunately, I have not met any woman who has actually got a live sheep for having given birth to 10 children.
2018 August 30, “Letter from Africa: Should Ghanaian women be limited to three babies?”, in BBC News
Synonyms & antonyms
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nounthe first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare
nouna rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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GA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/GA
“GA.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/GA. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “GA,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/GA.
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