FAA

See also: faa, fáa, få, faʻa, and fa'a

English

Proper noun

FAA

1. (aviation) Initialism of Federal Aviation Administration (agency regulating U.S. aviation).
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 244:

     Again he bats back and forth the pages of the thick clipped sheaf of close-typed pages that comprise the results of the FAA investigation into Naomi’s fatal encounter with the northwest slope of Mount Dunkelblum.

   • 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy‎^[1], page 25:

     Great River Energy utilized the FAA’s Notice Criteria Tool² to determine if it would be required to file notice to the FAA prior to construction.

2. (law) Initialism of Federal Arbitration Act (9 USC 1).
3. (UK, military, nautical, aviation) Initialism of Fleet Air Arm (carrier-borne air force of the U.K.'s Royal Navy).

Coordinate terms

(British maritime armed air service):

• RNAS (predecessor, WWI)
• RAF (predecessor, interwar)
• RFC

(U.S. aviation):

• NASA
• NTSB
• IATA
• ICAO

Further reading

• “FAA”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “FAA”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “FAA”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “FAA”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “the FAA” (US) / “the FAA” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.

Anagrams

• A.A.F., AAF, AFA

Portuguese

Proper noun

FAA f pl (plural only)

1. (Angola, military) initialism of Forças Armadas de Angola (“Armed Forces of Angola”)

   Coordinate term: FAPLA

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English FAA (“Federal Aviation Administration”).

Proper noun

FAA f

1. FAA
   • 2023 July 3, Chris Isidore, “Un prototipo de automóvil volador acaba de obtener un certificado de aeronavegabilidad de la Administración Federal de Aviación de Estados Unidos”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     La FAA confirmó que emitió a la empresa un certificado de aeronavegabilidad especial, que los habilita para fines limitados que incluyen exhibición, investigación y desarrollo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)