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SA abbreviation for
  1. Salvation Army
  2. Sociedad Anónima
  3. Société anonyme
  4. South Africa
  5. South America
  6. South Australia
  7. Sturmabteilung: the Nazi terrorist militia, organized around 1924
Etymology: (for sense 2) Spanish: limited company; (for sense 3) French: limited company
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Sa, [Symbol, Chem.](formerly)
  1. Chemistrysamarium.

S/A, [Banking.]
  1. Businesssurvivorship agreement.

S.A., 
    1. Salvation Army.
    2. seaman apprentice.
    3. Place NamesSouth Africa.
    4. Place NamesSouth America.
    5. Place NamesSouth Australia.
    6. Foreign Terms(used in French and Spanish as an abbreviation for corporation.)
    • French société anonyme or Spanish sociedad anónima

s.a., 
    1. semiannual.
    2. sex appeal.
    3. without year or date.
      • Latin sine annō
    4. subject to approval.

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