NBA

See also: nba and -nba

English

Proper noun

NBA

1. (sports) Initialism of National Basketball Association.
   • 2025 March 27, Matias Grez, “NBA and FIBA in talks with European soccer teams over new basketball league”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “The NBA and FIBA are uniquely positioned to build on the rich tradition of European basketball. We look forward to collaborating with FIBA to explore the creation of a new league for fans across the continent,” Silver added.

2. (sports) Initialism of National Boxing Association.

Derived terms

• NBAer

Translations

National Basketball Association

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美職籃 / 美职篮 (měizhílán) (uncommon)

• Hebrew: אנביאיי

See also

• FIBA
• WNBA

Further reading

• “NBA”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “NBA”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “NBA”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “NBA”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “NBA”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• NBA in Britannica Dictionary
• NBA (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -nab, -nab-, ABN, BAN, BNA, Ban, NAB, ban, nab, nab-

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English NBA (“National Basketball Association”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌene ˌbe ˈa/ [ˌe.ne ˌβ̞e ˈa]
• Syllabification: NBA

Proper noun

NBA f

1. Asociación Nacional de Baloncesto; NBA.
   • 2019 September 15, Abel Alvarado, “España vence a Argentina en la final de la Copa Mundial de Baloncesto de la FIBA”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     Entre los jugadores de España se encuentra Marc Gasol, quien este mismo año fue parte de los campeones de la NBA, los Raptors de Toronto.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)