Standard Lemma guide

NA

adj · adv · intj · name · noun · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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Pronunciation

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  • /nɑː/
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  • rhymes with -ɑː
  • CMU ARPABET: N AA1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Initialism of Native American (“American Indian”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Initialism of non-alcoholic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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3

adv

Meaning 3

Not.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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4

adv

Meaning 4

No.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adv

Meaning 5

Now; already.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, not-comparable, slang

Examples

  • You need to sleep na.
  • I have to go na.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adv

Meaning 6

Isn't it?

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, North, not-comparable, slang

Examples

  • It is far na?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

intj

Meaning 7

No.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Geordie, Scotland

Examples

  • Na, yor wrang.
  • Na, ye cannet watch telly.
  • “Divn’t yee like milk?” “Na.”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

name

Meaning 8

Initialism of Narcotics Anonymous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

name

Meaning 9

Initialism of North America: a continent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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10

name

Meaning 10

A language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of the Sino-Tibetan languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Initialism of nerve agent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Initialism of new adult.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: literature, media, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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13

noun

Meaning 13

Initialism of nursing assistant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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14

noun

Meaning 14

Abbreviation of noun animate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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15

noun

Meaning 15

a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sodium, atomic number 11

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metallic element, metal

History

Etymology

From Middle English na, from Old English nā, from Old English ne (“not”) + ā (“ever”). More at no.

Borrowed from Tagalog na.

Borrowed from Hindi ना (nā).

Development of Etymology 1, above; compare nah.