ja

alternative ya

1. South Africainformalnot comparableYes.

   Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked.

   1940, Penguin Parade (issue 7, page 25)

plural jas · alternative cha

1. Korean units of measureSynonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.

   Synonyms: Korean foot

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Japan: a country in East Asia (NATO country code).
2. abbreviationAbbreviation of Jamaica: a country in the Caribbean.
3. abbreviationAbbreviation of Jalisco: a state of Mexico.
4. abbreviationAbbreviation of Jambi: a province of Indonesia.
5. abbreviationAbbreviation of Jammu and Kashmir: a union territory of India.
6. abbreviationpostpositionallawAbbreviation of judge or justice of a court of appeal.

1. GermangovernmentYoung Alternative for Germany.

   1 more example

   In a statement in April, the intelligence agency deemed the AfD’s youth wing, the Young Alternative for Germany or Junge Alternative für Deutschland (JA), as “clearly xenophobic” and “propagating a racial concept of society based on basic biological assumptions.” It deemed the group was likely to adopt “non-peaceful behavior” towards people perceived as foreign. […] According to the BfV, the JA promotes an ethno-nationalist worldview that ostracizes anyone who is not a native, white German.

   2023 May 24, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, “Germany intensifies scrutiny of far-right AfD, labeling its youth wing ‘extremist’”, in CNN