Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Date "UA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
"UA" is a common misspelling or typo for: a, auk, oaf, oak, oar, oat, up, us. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Ua |
Census | (Urbanized Area) An area identified by the Census Bureau that contains a central place and the surrounding, closely settled incorporated and unincorporated area, that has a combined population of at least 50,000. (references) |
Energy | A measure of the amount of heat that would betransferred through a given surface or enclosure (such as a building envelope) witha one degree Fahrenheit temperature difference between the two sides. The UA iscalculated by multiplying the U-Value by the area of the surface (or surfaces). (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Range ascertained by the metrological service and expressed in units of mass, within which the machine may make two different decisions for a standard test load or a given product and sp eed of operation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In Polynesian mythology, Ua ("rain") is the god of rain and father of Hau Marangi.
- Alternate uses, see Ua (disambiguation)
Ua caused the Great Flood. Papa, the earth goddess, was entirely underwater. Finally, some of her beautiful parts came above the waves and these became the islands of Polynesia.
Alternative: Uawhatu ("hail"), Uanui ("heavy rain"), Ua Nganga ("rainstorm"), Ua-Roa ("long rain")
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ua."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
UA or ua may stand for:
- Ua, the god of rain in Polynesian mythology
- Ukraine (ISO country code)
- Unlimited Adventures, i.e. Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures
- user agent, a class of software in computer networks
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "UA."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
UA | Danish | Brugeragent | Computing |
UA | Dutch | Ongenummerde ontvangstbevestiging | Computing |
UA | English | Ultra audible | N/A |
UA | Finnish | Ukraina | Geography |
UA | French | Agent de l'usager | N/A |
UA | German | Quittierung ohne Folgenummer | Computing |
UA | Greek | Ουκρανία | Geography |
UA | Italian | Ucraina | N/A |
UA | Latin | RM:Uffizi d'alimentaziun | N/A |
UA | Portuguese | Unidade de acesso | Computing |
UA | Spanish | Aseguramiento de usuario | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: UA |
| Specialty definitions using "UA": Cooperating User Agent ♦ Urbanized area. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "UA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (do smth. them, do smth. to them, wow), Portuguese (access unit, Ukraine), Samoan (neck), Scottish (from), Swahili (bloom, court, courtyard, flower, yard), Tahitian (it is). |
| Domain | Title |
References | |
Books | |
High Tech |
|
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
 |
| "UA 6" by Lucien Aréstegüi Commentary: "URBAN ABSTRAK 06 Architect : Santiago Calatrava Milwuakee Art Museum http://www.calatrava.com." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Netherlands | The cooperative name must also include the degree of liability its members are exposed to: WA, unlimited; BA, limited; or UA, no liability. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "UA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 55.56% of the time. "UA" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 55.56% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (singular) | 22.22% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (common) | 22.22% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | UA Group Public Co. Ltd. |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "UA": ua-financed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ua | 389 | bizarre com ua | 9 |
ua theater | 166 | meta ua | 8 |
ua theatres | 48 | ua 1000 edirol | 8 |
cinema ua | 36 | edirol ua 5 | 8 |
movie ua | 35 | cinema hong kong ua | 8 |
ua movie theater | 29 | bay sheepshead ua | 7 |
airline ua | 26 | creek fossil ua | 7 |
ua uniform | 22 | podrobnosti ua | 7 |
airway ua | 20 | edirol ua 1a | 6 |
riverview stadium ua | 19 | ua present | 6 |
fm ua | 18 | bizarre.com ua | 6 |
air ua | 17 | 15 king prussia stadium ua | 6 |
cinemas ua | 16 | army ua | 6 |
dating.com ua | 16 | 11 creek fossil ua | 5 |
ua scrubs | 16 | com ua | 5 |
mgm ua | 15 | roland ua 30 | 5 |
fort smith ua | 15 | farmingdale ua | 5 |
bizarre kiev ua | 11 | test ua | 5 |
michigan.gov ua | 10 | pou ua | 5 |
ua 1000 | 10 | movie theatres ua | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "UA": aqua, chautauqua, chihuahua, continua, cornua, decidua, genua, lehua, lingua, majagua, mantua, menstrua, piragua, qua, residua, siliqua, skua, tamandua, tegua, ultravacua, vacua. (additional references) | |
Words containing "UA": absquatulate, absquatulated, absquatulates, absquatulating, accentual, accentually, accentuate, accentuated, accentuates, accentuating, accentuation, accentuations, accruable, accrual, accruals, acquaint, acquaintance, acquaintances, acquaintanceship, acquaintanceships, acquainted, acquainting, acquaints, actual, actualities, actuality, actualization, actualizations, actualize, actualized, actualizes, actualizing, actually, actuarial, actuarially, actuaries, actuary, actuate, actuated, actuates, actuating, actuation, actuations, actuator, actuators, acuate, adequacies, adequacy, adequate, adequately, adequateness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "a-u" | |
+1 letter: amu, auk, eau, qua, sau, tau, uta, vau. | |
+2 letters: abut, ague, alum, amus, anus, aqua, arum, auks, auld, aunt, aura, auto, babu, baud, beau, bura, caul, daub, daut, duad, dual, duma, dura, eaux, faun, faux, gaud, gaum, gaun, gaur, guan, guar, habu, haul, haut, hula, jauk, jaup, juba, juga, jura, kagu, kuna, laud, luau, luna, maud, maul, maun, maut, mura, prau, puja, pula, puma, puna, pupa, quad, quag, quai, quay, ruga, saul, skua, suba, sura, tabu, taus, taut, tuba, tufa, tuna, ulan, ulna, ulva, unai, unau, upas, urea, ursa, utas, uvea, vatu, vaus, wauk, waul, waur, yaud, yaup, yuan, yuca, yuga. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 41 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references)..- .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5535 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Digital Art 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Company Usage | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Abbreviations 12. Acronyms | 13. Derivations 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
