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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation seaman apprentice
  • abbreviation South Africa
  • abbreviation South America

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of the Latin Societatis Antiquariorum Socius, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
  • In heraldry, an abbreviation of sable.
  • An obsolete or Scotch form of so.
  • noun An abbreviation of the French Son Altesse Royale, His Royal Highness
  • noun of Sons of the American Revolution.
  • An abbreviation of Saturday.
  • A chemical symbol for samarium: but Sm is more usual.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Saudi Arabia.
  • initialism Sturmabteilung.
  • initialism South Africa.
  • initialism medicine Sino-auricular.
  • initialism Small arms.
  • initialism South America.
  • initialism Australia South Australia, a state of Australia.
  • initialism Société Anonyme.
  • initialism Straight-acting.
  • initialism Stage Accompany.
  • abbreviation North Sulawesi, a province of Indonesia.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943

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  • (indicate SA, Addressing the needs 'of individuals (strategies SA+, Statemented, G&T) This is an A2 class and for inclusion) If the discussion heads in a direction although there are people with SEN / G&T they are that you are aware that maybe sensitive you make not so wide in range of ability.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • Bringing it home here, I think one of the things that really grates me about our current socio-political climate in SA is that those traditionally feminine values you mention are discounted while the loud-talking, “successful” men are the role-models.

    Women’s History Month « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • The black community in SA is quite phobic of snakes - they consider it to be associated with the devil. (not to be steotypical - it's a fact)

    A Letter to Friends KateG 2008

  • The Genootskap vir die Handhawing van Afrikaans on Monday warned it would intensify a struggle against what it called the SA

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • It also urges an end to what it calls SA's policy of destabilisation, but fails to announce new sanctions sought by the ACP.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • 12: 35 AM [SFMedic] one person I worked with in SA is very good friends with Fitter

    Richard A Mattson 2010

  • Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA — € 750 million bond issue was priced for the French construction materials group, one of the banks running the deal said Wednesday.

    New Securities Issues 2010

  • Underpinning this trend, Sanofi-Aventis SA is targeting U.S. biotech company Genzyme Corp., partly to boost its sputtering drug pipeline.

    J Maarten van Tartwijk 2010

  • Even then they are bent all the time (just wait until next years world cup in SA).

    More reasons for Portland not to do the Paulson stadium deal (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • In a lot of ways SA is better off then many of her neighbors, there is stronger infrastructure and more economic development.

    Holiday Fun! « Lntaylor’s Weblog 2009

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