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

Acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- 2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point‎, 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:
  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.”
(sports) Acronym of National Auto Sport Association

Derived terms

Nastronaut

Translations

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Arabic: نَاسَا f (nāsā)
Bengali: নাসা (bn) (naśa)
French: NASA (fr) f
German: NASA (de) f
Hebrew: נאס״א
Hindi: नासा (hi) (nāsā)
Hungarian: NASA (hu)
Japanese: NASA (ja) (NASA), ナサ (ja) (Nasa)
Korean: 나사 (ko) (Nasa)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ناسا (ckb) (nasa)
Macedonian: НАСА f (NASA)
Marathi: नासा (nāsā)
Persian: ناسا (nâsâ)
Polish: NASA (pl) f
Portuguese: NASA (pt) f
Romanian: NASA (ro) f
Russian: НА́СА (ru) f or n (NÁSA)
Spanish: NASA (es) f
Telugu: నాసా (nāsā)
Thai: นาซา (naa-saa), นาซ่า (naa-sâa)
Turkish: NASA (tr)
Ukrainian: НАСА f or n (NASA)
Vietnamese: NASA (vi)

References

“NASA”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“NASA”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“NASA”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“NASA” (US) / “NASA” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
“NASA”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
NASA in Britannica Dictionary

Anagrams

Sana, Ṣan‘ā’, Saan, ANAs, anas, San'a', AANs, Naas, ansa

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German

Alternative forms

Nasa

Etymology

Borrowed from English NASA.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnaːza/
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

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