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| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Is an organization of individuals who have conquered their own habitual drinking. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
A.A. | English | Anatolian News Agency | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | A.A. Surgeon Weyer. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | U.S. War of 1898 - Medical and Sanitary Affairs : Doctor A.A. Snyder, Acting Assistant Surgeon, Siboney, Cuba. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | "A Shot for Posterity -- The USS Ward's number three gun and its crew-cited for firing the first shot the day of Japan's raid on Hawaii. Operating as part of the inshore patrol early in the morning of December 7, 1941, this destroyer group spotted a submarine outside Pearl Harbor, opened fire and sank her. Crew members are R.H. Knapp - BM2c - Gun Captain, C.W. Fenton - Sea1c - Pointer, R.B. Nolde - Sea1c - Trainer, A.A. De Demagall - Sea1c - No. 1 Loader, D.W. Gruening - Sea1c - No. 2 Loader, J.A. Paick - Sea1c - No. 3 Loader, H.P. Flanagan - Sea1c - No. 4 Loader, E.J. Bakret - GM3c - Gunners Mate, K.C.J. Lasch - Cox - Sightsetter." (quoted from the original 1942-vintage caption) This gun is a 4"/50 type, mounted atop the ship's midships deckhouse, starboard side. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Underway in the Suez Canal on 27 February 1992, while en route to the Mediterranean Sea with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) battle group. Photographed by CWO2 A.A. Alleyne, USN. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Residence of Wm. H. Aspinwall / A.A. Turner Photo Litho. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Apparatus used to convert electrical energy into mechanical rotation, the basis of dynamos, using bar magnet, beaker of mercury, and current carrying wire] / A.A., del. ; J.B. Taylor, sc. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | A.A. Harwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in naval uniform. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Chaplain A.A. McAllister. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Aircraft recognition training for United States of American personnel in Northern Ireland. At an aircraft recognition school in Northern Ireland U.S.A personnel are receiving training from British instructors. The instructors are drawn from a light A.A. t. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | British Sergeant instructs U.S. gunners. A British Sergeant taking some of the U.S. troops in Northern Ireland through a course of light A.A. gun drill. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Murphy, G.L., Ewing, S.A., Whitworth, L.C., Fox, J.C., & Kocan, A.A. (1998). A molecular and serologic survey of Ehrlichia canis, E. chaffeensis, and E. ewingii in dogs and ticks from Oklahoma. (references) | |
Economic History | Ghana | Until mid-1970, the powers of the chief of state were held by a presidential commission led by Brigadier A.A. Afrifa. (references) |
Travel | Eq. Guinea | One (Air Consul A.A.) has been established for some years and is said to serve the isolated island of Annobon. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "A.A." is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 77.59% of the time. "A.A." is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (common) | 77.59% | 45 | 50,900 |
| Noun (proper) | 22.41% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Total | 100.00% | 58 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "A.A."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | alcooliques anonymes, opération against actuals, opération à terme contre marchandises. (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | segélykocsi (A.A. patrol, AA patrol), sárga angyal (A.A. patrol, AA patrol). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | a.a.ay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters ".-.-a-a" | |
-2 letters: aa. | |
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| 1. Usage: Commercial 2. Images: Photo Album 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Abbreviations 7. Acronyms 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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