Proper Name guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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A village in southwest France, in the Ossau valley of the Pyrenees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A surname from Norwegian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Initialism of Australian Anthropological Society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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Initialism of American Arachnological Society, a society of amateur and professional arachnologists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: arachnology, biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Initialism of American Astronautical Society, an independent scientific and technical group in the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Initialism of American Astronomical Society, a United States society of professional astronomers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Initialism of Australian Academy of Science, an independent, government-endorsed society with the aim of promoting science.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: sciences
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Initialism of All-America Selections, an organization that promotes development of new garden seed varieties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: biotechnology, engineering, medicine, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Initialism of Air Ambulance Service, a UK charity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: health, medicine, sciences
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Initialism of Assyrian Aid Society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: help
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Initialism of American Anti-Slavery Society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: human rights
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Initialism of Ansar al-Sunna, or Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna, a militant group operating in Iraq.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, politics
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Initialism of American Association of Suicidology, an American nonprofit suicide prevention organization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences
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Initialism of Association for Academic Surgery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Initialism of Arnold Air Society, a professional honorary service organization for Air Force officer candidates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Initialism of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Initialism of American Antiquarian Society, an American society and national research library.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: research
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Initialism of Association for Asian Studies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: research
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Initialism of Assyrian Academic Society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: research
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Initialism of African Academy of Sciences, an Africa-wide scientific organization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: sciences
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noun
Initialism of Advanced Automation System, a system for radar control of transoceanic air corridors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Initialism of angle-angle-side triangular congruency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Initialism of anabolic–androgenic steroid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Initialism of acute aortic syndrome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
plural of AA
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of AA
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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noun
an associate degree in applied science
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Associate in Applied Science
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Broader terms: associate degree, associate
History
* The place in France is from Occitan Aas, from Basque/Aquitanian aitz (“ridge, rocky point”). * As a Norwegian and Swedish surname, from the noun ås (“ridge”).
