"NASA" meaning in English

See NASA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈnæsə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-NASA.wav , En-us-NASA.oga Forms: NASA [canonical], the NASA [canonical], N.A.S.A. [alternative, Australian, British, English, New-Zealand, variant], Nasa [alternative, Australian, British, English, New-Zealand, variant]
Rhymes: -æsə Head templates: {{en-prop|def=~}} NASA or the NASA
  1. Acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Translations (National Aeronautics and Space Administration): نَاسَا (nāsā) [feminine] (Arabic), নাসা (naśa) (Bengali), ناسا (nasa) (Central Kurdish), NASA [feminine] (Dutch), NASA [feminine] (French), NASA [feminine] (German), נאס״א (Hebrew), नासा (nāsā) (Hindi), NASA (Hungarian), NASA [NASA, aerospace, engineering, business, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Japanese), ナサ (english: Nasa) (Japanese), 나사 (english: Nasa) (Korean), НАСА [feminine] [NASA, aerospace, engineering, business, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Macedonian), नासा (nāsā) (Marathi), ناسا (nâsâ) (Persian), NASA [feminine] (Polish), NASA [feminine] (Portuguese), NASA [feminine] (Romanian), НА́СА (NÁSA) [feminine, neuter] (Russian), NASA [feminine] (Spanish), నాసా (nāsā) (Telugu), นาซา (naa-saa) (Thai), นาซ่า (naa-sâa) (Thai), NASA (Turkish), НАСА [feminine, neuter] [NASA, aerospace, engineering, business, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Ukrainian), NASA (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-NASA-en-name-EAz2qjuE Disambiguation of 'National Aeronautics and Space Administration': 92 8
  2. (sports) Acronym of National Auto Sport Association Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: National Auto Sport Association
    Sense id: en-NASA-en-name-uQb01TZT Categories (other): Sports, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Organizations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Organizations: 25 75 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Nastronaut
Categories (other): NASA Disambiguation of NASA: 0 0

Alternative forms

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