VA

VA

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Vatican City.

   Synonym: VAT (alpha-3)

VA

2. (US, government) Initialism of United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

   He is in a VA hospital.

   • 2025 March 7, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, “Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Mr. Musk’s cuts will affect thousands of veterans — a powerful constituency and a core part of the Trump base. Mr. Collins made the point that they should not wield a blunt instrument and cleave off everyone from the V.A.

4. (postal) Abbreviation of Virginia: a state of the United States.

VA (countable and uncountable, plural VAs)

1. (management) Initialism of value analysis.
3. Initialism of veterans' affairs.
4. (music) Initialism of various artists.
5. Initialism of voice artist.
6. Initialism of voice actor.
7. Initialism of voice actress.
8. Initialism of volt-ampere.
9. Initialism of virtual assistant.
10. Initialism of visual arts.
11. (electronics) Initialism of vertical alignment (“LCD screen technology”).

    Coordinate terms: IPS, TN

12. (computing) Initialism of virtual address.

VA (not comparable)

1. (UK, education) Initialism of voluntary aided.

• A-V, A/V, AV, Av, Av., av, av.

VA

1. (initialism, film) "version anglaise" — English-language version (EV); a film dubbed in English

• V.A., V. A., va, v.a., v. a.

• VASTF

• STA
• STF

• av.

• va

VA c

1. (infrastructure) initialism of vatten och avlopp (“water and sewer”)
   • 2022, “VA-arbeten på Östra Torg”, in Ljungby Kommun‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 January 2022:

     Ledningsnätet för VA, el, fjärrvärme och fiber ska läggas om inför framtida byggnation [...]

     The pipe network for water and sewer, electricity, district heating and fiber will be rerouted for future construction [...]

2. initialism of virtuell assistent (“virtual assistant”)

   Coordinate term: PA (“personal assistant”)

Sense: infrastructure

• VA-avgift (“water and sewer fee”)
• VA-ledning (“water and sewer pipe”)
• VA-nämnd (“water and sewer board”)
• VA-nät (“water and sewer network”)

• va (“what?; huh?; was; be”)