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XNA

name · noun · phrase · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Xinhua News Agency (“新华社”); the New China News Agency (新华通讯社); the government news agency of the People's Republic of China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: journalism, media

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noun

Meaning 2

nucleic acid analogue (nucleic acid analog) ; Initialism of xeno nucleic acid (backformation) ; X nucleic acid, where "X" is a stand-in for multitude of various nucleic acid acronyms, which are not DNA or RNA.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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phrase

Meaning 3

Initialism of X-No-Archive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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History

Etymology

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