UA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ua"

Translingual

Symbol

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

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.

Anagrams

• AU

English

Adjective

UA (not comparable)

1. Initialism of underage.

Proper noun

UA

1. Abbreviation of Uttaranchal, a state of India.

1. (Philippines) Initialism of University of Abra.

   Synonym: (becoming rare) ASIST

Noun

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[.]

See also

• AWOL
• French leave

Anagrams

• A. U., A.U., AU, Au, a.u., au

Catalan

Symbol

UA

1. au (astronomical unit)

French

Noun

UA

1. Abbreviation of unité astronomique.