"NBA" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} NBA
  1. (sports) Initialism of National Basketball Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Basketball Association Translations (National Basketball Association): 美職籃 /美职篮 (měizhílán) [uncommon] (Chinese Mandarin), אנביאיי (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-NBA-en-name-zAhTgs1m Categories (other): Sports, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Basketball, Organizations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Basketball: 82 18 Disambiguation of Organizations: 50 50 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'National Basketball Association': 81 19
  2. (sports) Initialism of National Boxing Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Boxing Association
    Sense id: en-NBA-en-name-OPRfoQG0 Categories (other): Sports, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Boxing, Organizations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Boxing: 17 83 Disambiguation of Organizations: 50 50 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: NBAer Related terms: FIBA, WNBA
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