NASA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nasa"

English

Alternative forms

  • N.A.S.A.
  • (space agency): Nasa (British, Australian, New Zealand English variant)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnæsə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æsə

Proper noun

NASA

  1. Acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    • 2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point[1], Pocket Books, →ISBN:
      NASA was often accused of talking over the public's head.
    • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 215:
      Researchers at NASA have taken an interest in 'mycotecture' and its potential role in growing structures on the Moon.
    • 2025 April 24, Andrew Freedman, “Trump administration cancels top NASA climate lab’s lease at Columbia University”, in CNN[2]:
      A NASA spokesperson said in a statement “employees would be placed on temporary remote work agreements while NASA seeks and evaluates options for a new space for the GISS team.”
  2. (sports) Acronym of National Auto Sport Association

Derived terms

Translations

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Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English NASA.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.za/
  • Rhymes: -za

Proper noun

NASA f

  1. NASA

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English NASA.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːza/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

NASA f (proper noun, genitive NASA)

  1. (with definite article) NASA (abbreviation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English NASA.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.sa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: NA‧SA

Proper noun

NASA f (indeclinable)

  1. NASA

Further reading

  • NASA in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • NASA in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English NASA.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.zɐ/

Proper noun

NASA f

  1. NASA (acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English NASA

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naː˧˧ zaː˧˧], [naː˧˧ saː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [naː˧˧ zaː˧˧] ~ [naː˧˧ jaː˧˧], [naː˧˧ saː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [naː˧˧ zaː˧˧] ~ [naː˧˧ jaː˧˧], [naː˧˧ saː˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: na za, na xa

Proper noun

NASA

  1. NASA (acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration)