ESA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "esa"

Translingual

Symbol

ESA

1. (international standards, historical) ISO 4217 currency code for foreign-owned accounts in ordinary Spanish pesetas; a unit of account used until 1985.

   Coordinate terms: ESB, ESP

Usage notes

This code was used in relation to foreign-owned accounts holding ordinary pesetas, which could be used for transactions in Spain (sometimes referred to as "A" accounts). These were abolished in 1985, with their function being subsumed by "B" accounts (code ESB).

English

Noun

ESA (plural ESAs)

1. (US) Initialism of environmental site assessment.
2. (pharmacology) Initialism of erythropoiesis-stimulating agent.
3. Initialism of emotional support animal.
4. Initialism of electronically steered array.

   Hyponyms: AESA, PESA

   Coordinate terms: MSA, PAR

Proper noun

ESA

1. (space science) Initialism of European Space Agency.
2. (software) Initialism of Entertainment Software Association.
3. (US, ecology) Initialism of Ecological Society of America.
4. Initialism of Epigraphic South Arabian.
5. (US) Initialism of Endangered Species Act
   • 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy‎^[1], page 98:

     Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) are not legally protected under the ESA or in the state of Minnesota.

Derived terms

• (space agency): Esa, esa

Translations

European Space Agency

• French: ASE (fr)
• German: ESA (de) f
• Polish: ESA (pl) f
• Portuguese: ESA (pt) f

Anagrams

• -ase, AES, ASE, EAS, EAs, SAE, SEA, Sea, a**es, aes, ase, eas, sea

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English ESA.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.zɐ/

Proper noun

ESA f

1. (space science) ESA