ja
/jˈɑ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Abbreviation of Japan: a country in East Asia (NATO country code).
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Abbreviation of Jamaica: a country in the Caribbean.
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Abbreviation of Jalisco: a state of Mexico.
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Abbreviation of Jambi: a province of Indonesia.
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Abbreviation of Jammu and Kashmir: a union territory of India.
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Abbreviation of judge or justice of a court of appeal.
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Young Alternative for Germany.
Example Sentences
- "In a statement in April, the intelligence agency deemed the AfD’s youth wing, the Young Alternative for Germany or Junge Alternative für Deutschland (JA), as “clearly xenophobic” and “propagating a racial concept of society based on basic biological assumptions.” It deemed the group was likely to adopt “non-peaceful behavior” towards people perceived as foreign. […] According to the BfV, the JA promotes an ethno-nationalist worldview that ostracizes anyone who is not a native, white German."
- "Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ja, 자
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Synonyms
Korean foot