"NBA" meaning in English

See NBA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} NBA
  1. (sports) Initialism of National Basketball Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Basketball Association Categories (topical): Sports, Basketball, Organizations
    Sense id: en-NBA-en-name-zAhTgs1m Disambiguation of Basketball: 58 42 Disambiguation of Organizations: 50 50 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (sports) Initialism of National Boxing Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Boxing Association Categories (topical): Sports, Organizations
    Sense id: en-NBA-en-name-OPRfoQG0 Disambiguation of Organizations: 50 50 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: FIBA, WNBA
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