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NA¹

noun NAs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of nerve agent
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of new adult
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of nursing assistant

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Narcotics Anonymous
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of North America: a continent.

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of Native American (“American Indian”).
  2. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of non-alcoholic

na²

  • /nɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

Where it comes from

From Middle English na, from Old English nā, from Old English ne (“not”) + ā (“ever”). More at no.

adverb

  1. not comparable, obsolete Not.
  2. not comparable, obsolete No.

na³

  • /nɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

Where it comes from

Development of Etymology 1, above; compare nah.

interjection

  1. Geordie, Scotland No. Na, yor wrang.

na⁴

  • /nɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of noun animate

na⁵

  • /nɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Tagalog na.

adverb

  1. Philippines, not comparable, slang Now; already. You need to sleep na.

na⁶

  • /nɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindi ना (nā).

adverb

  1. India, North, not comparable, slang Isn't it? It is far na?

Na⁷

proper noun

  1. A language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of the Sino-Tibetan languages.

    Similar: Mosuo, Narua

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sodium, amu, mmb, vy, khi, montmorillonite, deoxycholate, hyaluronate, mmt, dene, dnv, unavailable, none, nothing, missing, unknown

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@misc{na_2026,
  title = {na},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/na},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}