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Ga

1 American  
[gah] / gɑ /

noun

  1. a Kwa language of Ghana, spoken in Accra and vicinity.

Ga 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.

  1. gallium.

GA 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Gamblers Anonymous.

  2. General American.

  3. general of the army.

  4. Georgia (approved especially for use with zip code).

Ga. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Georgia.

G.A. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. General Agent.

  2. General Assembly.

  3. Insurance. Also g.a., G/A general average.

GA 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. General Assembly (of the United Nations)

  2. general average

  3. Georgia

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Ga 2 British  
/ ɡɑː /

noun

  1. a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in S Ghana

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family

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Ga 3 British  

symbol

  1. gallium

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Ga. 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Georgia

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ga 5 British  

abbreviation

  1. Gabon

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Example Sentences

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The Lilleys raised Sam, along with his three siblings, in the Savannah, Ga., area, where they still live.

From The Wall Street Journal

Born in Macon, Ga., Gore played 112 regular season games over eight seasons.

From Los Angeles Times

Last year, the port handled the equivalent of 8.9 million shipping containers, dwarfing the next biggest East Coast port at Savannah, Ga., which handled 5.7 million boxes.

From The Wall Street Journal

And Boo says: “Ga bless Mommy. Calm home soon.”

From Literature

In Douglasville, Ga., a buyer who bought a home in April 2022 said that her real-estate agent pushed her to use Rocket Mortgage and did not present her with other mortgage options.

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