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# sa

«sa» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short form of South Australia, a state of Australia…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (SA); French word (sa); fragment

### meaning for a pupil

1) SA is a short form of South Australia, a state of Australia whose capital is Adelaide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sa/#m1)

2) SA is also a short form of South Africa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sa/#m2)

3) (French) «Sa» is a French word meaning «his» or «her» before a feminine noun, as in «sa mère» (his or her mother); said like «sah». It is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sa/#m3)

4) (business) After a company name, S.A. is like «Ltd» or «Inc.» in some countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sa/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In Australian geography SA is used on maps and addresses. In French lessons «sa» is one of the words for his/her (mon, ma, mes; ton, ta, tes; son, sa, ses). As a lower-case «sa» it is usually a fragment of a longer word. Phrases: «Adelaide, SA», «sa sœur» (French: his or her sister).

### examples

- Adelaide is the capital of SA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sa/#x1)
- Grandma lives in Port Lincoln, SA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sa/#x2)
- The rugby match was SA against New Zealand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sa/#x3)
- In French, «sa maison» means his house or her house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sa/#x4)
- «Elle aime sa chatte» means «She loves her cat». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sa/#x5)
- Write SA in capitals when you mean South Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sa/#x6)

### note

Write the abbreviation in capitals: SA. In French, «sa» goes with feminine nouns and does not show whether the owner is a boy or a girl: «sa mère» can be his mother or her mother. Not an English word on its own.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sa» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sa/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.