NASA
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nasa"
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnæsə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æsə
Proper noun
NASA or the NASA
- Acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- 2013 August 6, Andrea Chang, “Bezos known for his unusual forays”, in Los Angeles Times[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 March 2026:
- He is working on a “10,000 Year Clock,” which would keep time for 10,000 years, inside a remote mountain in West Texas, and this year he helped recover F-1 rocket engines, used in the NASA’s Apollo program, from the Atlantic Ocean.
- 2015 July 20, Christian Davenport, “Hearing Elon Musk explain why his rocket blew up shows why he’s such an intense CEO”, in The Washington Post[3], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 August 2015:
- He reiterated that the investigation into the explosion being conducted by SpaceX in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Administration and the NASA was still ongoing and that it could turn up causes other than a failed strut.
- 2017 January 3, Marina Koren, “The Most Vulnerable NASA Missions Under Trump”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic[4], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 January 2017:
- The NASA’s earth sciences division, which studies climate change and environmental conditions on Earth, is perhaps at greatest risk.
- 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[5]:
- 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
Translations
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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References
- “NASA”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “NASA”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “NASA”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
- “NASA” (US) / “NASA” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “NASA”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- NASA in Britannica Dictionary
Further reading
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaː.saː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: NASA
Proper noun
NASA f
- acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
References
- “NASA” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na.za/
- Rhymes: -za
Proper noun
NASA f
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
NASA f (proper noun, genitive NASA)
- (with definite article) NASA (abbreviation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Declension
Declension of NASA [sg-only, feminine]
Polish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Polish NASA
Orthographic borrowing from English NASA.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈna.sa/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -asa
- Syllabification: NA‧SA
Proper noun
NASA f (indeclinable)
Further reading
- “NASA”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[6] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “NASA”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[7] (in Polish)
Portuguese
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English NASA.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈna.zɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈna.za/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈna.zɐ/
Proper noun
NASA f
- NASA (acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Further reading
- “NASA”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
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
- NASA (acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration)