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JA¹

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Japan: a country in East Asia (NATO country code).
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of Jamaica: a country in the Caribbean.
  3. abbreviation Abbreviation of Jalisco: a state of Mexico.
  4. abbreviation Abbreviation of Jambi: a province of Indonesia.
  5. abbreviation Abbreviation of Jammu and Kashmir: a union territory of India.
  6. abbreviation, postpositional Abbreviation of judge or justice of a court of appeal

JA²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German JA (“Junge Alternative für Deutschland”).

proper noun

  1. German Young Alternative for Germany. In a statement in April, the intelligence agency deemed the AfD’s youth wing, the Young Alternative for Germany or Junge Alternative für Deutschland (JA), as “clearly xenophobic” and “propagating a racial concept of society based on basic biological assumptions.” It deemed the group was likely to ad

ja³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Afrikaans ja (“yes”), from Dutch ja (“yes”). More at yea.

adverb ya

  1. South Africa, informal, not comparable Yes. Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked.

ja⁴

Where it comes from

From the Revised Romanization of Korean 자 (ja).

noun jas · ja · cha

  1. Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.

    Similar: Korean foot

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: suk, copel, yon, ach, yes, yeah, yep, yup, aye, yea, affirmative, certainly, surely, absolutely, ok, okay

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"ja." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ja. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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ja. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ja

Chicago

"ja." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ja.

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@misc{ja_2026,
  title = {ja},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ja},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}