Basa may refer to:
Agreements
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Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement, between National Aviation Authority regulators
People
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Basa (surname)
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Bassa people (Cameroon)
The Bassa (also spelled Basa or Basaa and sometimes known as Bassa-Bakongo) are a Bantu ethnic group in Cameroon. They number approximately 800,000 individuals. The Bassa speak the Basaa language.
History
For centuries, the Bassa lived along th ...
, also spelled Basa, an ethnic group
* Basa, leader and namesake of the
Basingas
The Basingas were an Anglo-Saxon tribe, whose territory in the Loddon Valley formed a '' regio'' or administrative subdivision of the early Kingdom of Wessex. Their leader, Basa, gave the tribe its name which survives in the names of Old Basing an ...
, an Anglo-Saxon tribe
Languages
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Basaa language
Basaa (also spelled ''Bassa, Basa, Bissa''), or Mbene, is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon by the Basaa people. It is spoken by about 300,000 people in the Centre and Littoral regions.
Maho (2009) lists North and South Kogo as dialects.
B ...
, also spelled Basa, a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
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Basa languages
Basa is a cluster of Kainji languages scattered across Nigeria. They are spoken in distinct communities from Niger State in the northwest to Benue State in the south-centre. This means that the Basa may be the next most widespread people in Nigeria ...
, a cluster of Kainji languages spoken in Nigeria
Places
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Basa River, Romania
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Basa, Nepal
Basa, Nepal is a village development committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central B ...
, a village development committee
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Basa, Sudan, a village
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Basa Air Base
Cesar Basa Air Base, or simply Basa Air Base (formerly known as Floridablanca Airfield), is an airbase currently operated by the Philippine Air Force. It is located at Floridablanca, Pampanga about northwest of Metro Manila in the Philippines. ...
, Floridablanca, Pampanga, Philippines
Organizations
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British Atomic Scientists Association, founded in 1946
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Black and Asian Studies Association
The Black and Asian Studies Association (BASA) was set up in London in 1991. Until October 1997 it was known as the Association for the Study of African, Caribbean and Asian Culture and History In Britain (ASACACHIB).
Founder members who attended ...
, set up in London in 1991
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BASA Film, the Afghanistan cinema club
Other uses
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Basa (fish), a type of catfish
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''Basa'' (cicada)
See also
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BASA-press (1992–2009), the oldest independent news agency in Moldova
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Bassa (disambiguation)
Bassa may refer to:
People
* Bassa people (Cameroon)
** Basaa language, a member of the Bantu languages family
* Bassa people (Liberia)
** Bassa language, a member of the Kru languages family
** Bassa script
Places
* Bassa, Chamba, village i ...
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Bhāṣā
''Bhāṣā'' (or one of its derived forms) is the word for "language" in many South and Southeast Asian languages, which derives from the Sanskrit word ' () meaning "speech" or "spoken language". In transliteration from Sanskrit or Pali, bhasa ...
, the word for "language" in many Asian languages
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