UA

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UA

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Ukraine since 1992.
    Synonym: UKR (alpha-3)
  2. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1974 to 1992.
    Synonym: UKR (alpha-3)

Usage notes

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Despite being part of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian SSR was granted a code on the first publication of ISO 3166 in 1974 due to being a member of the United Nations.

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UA (not comparable)

  1. Initialism of underage.

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UA

  1. Abbreviation of Uttaranchal, a state of India.
  1. (Philippines) Initialism of University of Abra.
    Synonym: (becoming rare) ASIST

Noun

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UA (countable and uncountable, plural UAs)

  1. (military) Initialism of unauthorized absence.
  2. (countable, UK, government) Initialism of unitary authority.
  3. (countable, computing) Initialism of user agent.
    • 2011, Evi Nemeth et al., UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 744:
      A “mail user agent” (MUA or UA) that lets users read and compose mail[.]

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UA

  1. au (astronomical unit)

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UA

  1. Abbreviation of unité astronomique.