SSA

SSA

1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Salvador Bahia Airport, which serves Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

SSA

1. Initialism of sub-Saharan Africa.
2. (European Union, space science) Initialism of Space Situational Awareness, a programme of ESA.
3. (government, US) Initialism of Social Security Administration.
   • 2025 February 17, Fatima Hussein, “Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information, AP sources say”, in Associated Press‎^[1]:

     Acting Commissioner Michelle King’s departure from the agency over the weekend — after more than 30 years of service — was initiated after King refused to provide DOGE staffers at the SSA with access to sensitive information, the people said Monday.

SSA (countable and uncountable, plural SSAs)

1. (geometry) Initialism of side side angle, a geometric proof reason.
2. (engineering) Initialism of specific surface area.
3. (management) Initialism of supervisory special agent.
4. Initialism of special security agreement.
5. (finance) Initialism of supranationals, sub-sovereigns and agencies (“bond market segment”).
   • 2021, Alexander During, Fixed Income Trading and Risk Management: The Complete Guide, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 147:

     This segment of issuers is known as the supranationals, or supras. Together with regional and agency borrowers, the bonds issued by supranationals form a bond market segment known as SSA (supras, sub-sovereigns and agencies).

6. Initialism of same-sex attraction.

SSA (not comparable)

1. Initialism of same-sex-attracted.

• SAS, ASS, ass, Sas, SAs, -ass

• IPA^(key): /ˈæsˌæsˌɑː/, [ˈæs̠ˌæs̠ˌɑ̝ː]
• IPA^(key): /ˈesˌesˌɑː/, [ˈe̞s̠ˌe̞s̠ˌɑ̝ː] (obsolete)
• Rhymes: -ɑː

SSA

1. initialism of Suomen sanojen alkuperä, an etymological dictionary of the Finnish language.

Borrowed from English SSA (“Social Security Administration”).

SSA f

1. Administración de la Seguridad Social; SSA.
   • 2025 June 7, Jeanne Sahadi, “El DOGE acaba de recibir luz verde para acceder a tus datos del Seguro Social. ¿Qué significa?”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     Porque los múltiples sistemas de datos de la SSA contienen una gran cantidad de información personal sobre la mayoría de las personas que viven actualmente en Estados Unidos, así como sobre las que han fallecido.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)