NSA
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛn.ɛs.eɪ/
Adverb
NSA (not comparable)
- Initialism of no strings attached.
- Initialism of no sugar added.
Adjective
NSA (not comparable)
Proper noun
NSA
- (government, US) Initialism of National Security Agency.
- Alternative forms: N.S.A., N. S. A.
- 2024 January 26, Brian Fung, “The NSA buys Americans’ internet data, newly released documents show”, in CNN Business[1], archived from the original on 22 February 2025:
- Nakasone added that the NSA does not purchase cellphone location data of Americans or location data generated by automotive infotainment systems in the United States.
- (government, US, humorous) Initialism of National Surveillance Agency.
- (government, US, humorous, nickname) Initialism of No Such Agency.
- Initialism of National Sheep Association.
Translations
Noun
NSA (countable and uncountable, plural NSAs)
- (mobile telephony) Initialism of non-standalone architecture.
- Initialism of national security agreement.
- 2025 June 13, “President Trump Approves Historic Partnership between U. S. Steel and Nippon Steel”, in Business Wire[2], archived from the original on 17 July 2025:
- The NSA provides that approximately $11 billion in new investments will be made by 2028, which includes the initial investment in a greenfield project that would be completed after 2028.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnsa]
Noun
NSA
- NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug)
- Synonym: nesteroidní antiflogistikum
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛn.ɛsˈa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: N‧S‧A
Proper noun
NSA m inan
- initialism of Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny
Further reading
- NSA in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- NSA in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English NSA (“National Security Agency”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌene ˌese ˈa/ [ˌe.ne ˌe.se ˈa]
- Syllabification: NSA
Proper noun
NSA f
- Agencia de Seguridad Nacional; NSA
- 2019 October 25, Simón Posada, “La nostalgia de Edward Snowden por Taco Bell (y otros detalles íntimos del denunciante del NSA)”, in CNN en Español[3], archived from the original on 19 January 2025:
- En su libro cuenta que accedió a una instalación nuclear e informó a las autoridades de sus vulnerabilidades. También cuenta, además, que durante su tiempo trabajando como contratista de la NSA buscó información clasificada sobre extraterrestres, estelas químicas y el cambio climático, y encontró que las teorías de la conspiración sobre estos temas son falsos: […]
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