SA

See also: ᎦᎪ and Appendix:Variations of "sa"

Translingual

Symbol

SA

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Saudi Arabia.

   Synonym: SAU (alpha-3)

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.eɪ/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛseɪ
• Homophones: essay, ese

Adjective

SA (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Abbreviation of sinoatrial or sinoauricular.

   SA block;  SA node

2. (in gay personal advertisements) Abbreviation of straight-acting.

Noun

SA (countable and uncountable, plural SAs)

1. Initialism of sexual abuse.

   Hyponym: CSA

2. Initialism of sexual assault.
3. Initialism of sex appeal.
4. Initialism of special agent.
5. Initialism of small arms.
6. Initialism of surface area.
7. Initialism of situational awareness or situation awareness.
8. Initialism of simulated annealing.
9. Initialism of Sustainability Analysis.
10. Initialism of Scenario Analysis.
11. Initialism of social anxiety.
12. Initialism of salicylic acid.

Proper noun

SA

1. Abbreviation of North Sulawesi: a province of Indonesia.
2. (sports) Initialism of San Antonio: a city in Texas, United States.
3. Initialism of South Africa: a country in Southern Africa.
4. Initialism of South America: a continent.
5. Initialism of Saudi Arabia: a country in West Asia, on the Arabian Peninsula.
6. Initialism of South Australia: a state of Australia.

   Coordinate terms: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, TAS, VIC, WA

7. Abbreviation of Sturmabteilung.
8. Initialism of Stage Accompany.
9. Initialism of San Andreas.

Verb

SA (third-person singular simple present SAs or SA's, present participle SAing or SA'ing, simple past and past participle SAed or SA'd or SA'ed)

1. (transitive, Internet slang) To sexually assault (someone).
   • 1995 March 9, Cindi, “no evidence that a crime was committed”, in alt.sexual.abuse.recovery‎^[2] (Usenet):

     This time CPS did really investigate a lot more thoroughly, and the CPS worker said that she believes Allison was SA'ed by her dad, but that the role of CPS is to *remove children from abusive homes* and since Allison does not live in the abusive home, the duty falls to me to go thru the family court system to get no-visitation orders in place.

   • 2017 July 14, @princesse_peche, Twitter‎^[3], archived from the original on 8 August 2024:

     Remind me of that night and while I threw away the clothes I was SA'd in,, the clothes I wore to be around him make me feel gross too and

   • 2020 September 22, @Carly4243, Twitter‎^[4], archived from the original on 8 August 2024:

     I just saw that! She doesn’t know anything! She’s regurgitating bull for a video to make money! And her subs won’t question it!! They apparently like middle aged woman attacking a little girl who was SA’d! Absolutely vile and disgusting

   • 2022 April 28, @SpillTea, 52:41 from the start, in How Kesha's career died. She sent hidden messages asking for help.‎^[5], via YouTube, retrieved 22 October 2025:

     Unfortunately, the dark side of the music industry isn’t new. In 1989, Alanis Morissette was 15 years old when she was SA’d by several men during the start of her music career. In 1992-93, R. Kelly SA’d Aaliyah when she was 13 or 14 years old. In 2005, Lady Gaga was SA’d by a record producer when she was 19 years old. This shouldn’t be happening, but somehow a lot of shady behavior is often swept under the rug.

   • 2022 December 31, @acegirleatscake, Twitter‎^[6], archived from the original on 8 August 2024:

     These same type of men will make disgusting “jokes” about SA’ing women they politically disagree with, a big target of theirs will be teenage girls. When said girls tell them to rightfully get lost out come the “jokes” about wanting to SA them or hoping the girls get SA’ed.

Anagrams

• A−'s, A♯s, a's, a.s., ℁, as-, Aš, A*s, A*'s, As, AS, A♭s, A&S, 'as, A+'s, A/S, A's, as, A-'s

Catalan

Noun

SA

1. initialism of societat anònima

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

SA

1. initialism of société anonyme (Incorporated (Inc.)) (Limited liability company (Ltd.))

German

Alternative forms

• SA.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

SA f

1. abbreviation of Sturmabteilung

See also

• SA-Mann
• SS

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ːbʲisɨe̞ɾʲia̠]

Noun

SA(サービスエリア) • (sābisueria) 

1. abbreviation of サービスエリア

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: S‧A

Noun

SA f

1. initialism of spółka akcyjna

Usage notes

S.A. is a variant spelling that does not comply with Polish orthography, but is quite common even in official use, being classified as acceptable in some dictionaries. The prescribed spelling is SA.

Further reading

• “SA”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[7] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “SA”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[8] (in Polish)