CNA may refer to:

Certifications

* Certification and accreditation, various countries * Certified National Accountant, in Nigeria * Certified Novell Administrator, in computing *

Certified Nursing Assistant Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) are paraprofessionals who assist individuals with physical disabilities, mental impairments, and other health care needs with their activities of daily living (ADLs). UAPs also provide bedside care—includi ...

, in various countries

Education

College of the North Atlantic College of the North Atlantic (CNA, formerly CONA) is one of the largest post-secondary educational and skills training centres in Atlantic Canada, with a history dating back 50 years. The college has 17 campus locations throughout the province ...

, public college in Newfoundland *

Republic of China Naval Academy The Republic of China Naval Academy (CNA; ) is the service academy for the navy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and is located next to the Zuoying Naval Base (海軍左營基地), Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The academy was originally establ ...

, in Taiwan

Organizations

California Nurses Association The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), an affiliate of National Nurses United, is a labor union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States. Since 2018, CNA/NNOC has been led ...

Canadian Nuclear Association The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA), founded in 1960, is the trade association for the nuclear industry in Canada. The CNA undertakes several advocacy tasks related to nuclear technology in Canada, such as participating in relevant regulatory ...

Canadian Nurses Association The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), known in French as the Association des infirmières et infirmiers du Canada (AIIC), is the national professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners, licensed and registered pra ...

Chin National Army The Chin National Army (; abbreviated CNA) is a Chin ethnic armed organisation in Myanmar (Burma). It is the armed wing of the Chin National Front (CNF), and was founded on 20 March 1988 alongside it. The CNA signed a ceasefire agreement with ...

CNA (nonprofit) CNA (previously named the CNA Corporation), fully as The Center for Naval Analyses, is a federally-funded nonprofit research and analysis organization based in Arlington County, Virginia, USA. It has around 625 employees. History CNA traces its ...

, the Center for Naval Analyses * Center for Transportation and Logistics Neuer Adler * Centre for Nonviolent Action, Bosnia and Serbia *

Royal Canadian Numismatic Association The Royal Canadian Numismatic Association was founded in 1950. It is a nonprofit association for coin collectors and other people interested in Canadian numismatics. It has members throughout Canada and in other countries. At times, it also works ...

National Audiovisual Council The National Audiovisual Council (Romanian: Consiliul Național al Audiovizualului, CNA) is the official regulatory agency for the audio-visual market (radio, television) in Romania. Television broadcasts and cable television, frequency allocati ...

, Romania * Centre national de l'audiovisuel, Luxembourg * CVE (

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system, originally Common Vulnerability Enumeration, provides a reference method for publicly known information security, information-security vulnerability (computing), vulnerabilities and exposures ...

) Numbering Authority

Companies

Canadian Numbering Administrator The Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium is the corporation responsible for administering Canada's telecommunication numbering resources. The CNA is regulated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). CNAC ...

China Northern Airlines China Northern Airlines ( zh, s=中国北方航空, t=中國北方航空, p=Zhōngguó Běifāng Hángkōng) was an airline headquartered on the grounds of Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. ...

CNA Financial Corporation CNA Financial Corporation is a financial corporation based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its principal subsidiary, Continental Casualty Company (CCC), was founded in 1897, and The Continental Insurance Company (CIC) was organized in 1853. ...

* Compagnia Nazionale Aeronautica, an Italian aircraft manufacturer of the 1930s *

CNA (bookstore) Central News Agency or Consolidated News Agencies, better known simply as CNA, is a South African retail chain of stationery and book stores. History Founded in 1896 to sell newspapers in Johannesburg by using newspaper delivery boys on foot ...

, a South African chain founded in 1896 *

Cable Networks Akita Cable Networks Akita, also known as CNA and in Japanese as Akita Cable Television (秋田ケーブルテレビ), is a cable provider in Japan with 46,418 connected households as of February 27, 2017. The company was established in June 1985 with ...

, cable provider in

Akita Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is estimated 915,691 as of 1 August 2023 and its geographi ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

News agencies

Caribbean News Agency The Caribbean News Agency (CANA) was founded in 1975 as successor to the former Reuters Caribbean service, created by the Caribbean region's print and broadcast media outlets. Stake-holding media companies share their own local content with CANA wh ...

Catholic News Agency The Catholic News Agency (CNA) is a news service owned by Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) that provides news related to the Catholic Church to a global Anglophone audience. It was founded in 2004 in Denver, Colorado, United States as the ...

, based in the United States *

Central News Agency (disambiguation) Central News Agency may refer to: * Central News Agency (London), a news agency active in Victorian London * Central News Agency (Taiwan), the state news agency of Taiwan * CNA (bookstore), a South African book store chain ** Central News Agency Li ...

, any of several news agencies *

CNA (TV network) CNA (an initialism of Channel NewsAsia) is a Singapore-based multinational news channel owned by Mediacorp, the country's state-owned media conglomerate. The network is broadcast in Singapore on free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are ...

, a television network based in Singapore, formerly known as Channel NewsAsia *

Cyprus News Agency The Cyprus News Agency (Greek: ''Κυπριακό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων''； Turkish: ''Kıbrıs Haber Ajansı''), or CNA is the major news agency in Cyprus. CNA currently has commercial agreements with Reuters, AFP, ITAR-TA ...

People

Go C-Na , known professionally as Go Shiina, is a Japanese music composer primarily known for his work in video games and anime. He joined Namco in 1997 and was best known during his time with the company for writing music for a number of games in the '' ...

(born 1974), Japanese composer *

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born Grace Ngozi Adichie; 15 September 1977) is a Nigerians, Nigerian writer of novels, short stories, poem, and children's books; she is also a book reviewer and literary critic. Her most famous works include ''Purple ...

(born 1977), Nigerian writer *

C. N. Annadurai Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai (15 September 19093 February 1969), also known as Perarignar, was an Indian politician who was the founder and first general-secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He served as the fourth and last chi ...

(1909–1969), Indian politician

Technology

* Computer network attack, one type of

computer network operations Computer network operations (CNO) is a broad term that has both military and civilian application. Conventional wisdom is that information is power, and more and more of the information necessary to make decisions is digitized and conveyed over an e ...

(CNO) in U.S. military doctrine *

Converged network adapter A converged network adapter (CNA), also called a converged network interface controller (C-NIC), is a computer input/output device that combines the functionality of a host bus adapter (HBA) with a network interface controller (NIC). In other words ...

, a computer interface for both general-purpose and storage networks * CVE Numbering Authority, an entity responsible for assigning

identifiers

Other uses

Central Neo-Aramaic Central Neo-Aramaic, or Northwestern Neo-Aramaic (NWNA), languages represent a specific group of Neo-Aramaic languages, that is designated as ''Central'' in reference to its geographical position between Western Neo-Aramaic and other Eastern A ...

, a language *

Child Nutrition Act The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) is a United States federal law ( act) signed on October 11, 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The Act was created as a result of the "years of cumulative successful experience under the National School ...

, United States * Copy number abnormality, in genomics *

Cartoon Network Arabic Cartoon Network Arabia () is a pan-Arab free-to-air children's television channel that is broadcast to Arab audiences in the Middle East and North Africa. It is one of two Arabic-language versions of the original Cartoon Network, the other bein ...

, a TV channel *

The Campaign for North Africa ''The Campaign for North Africa'' (''CNA''), subtitled "The Desert War, 1940–43", is a strategic board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1978 that simulates the entire North African campaign of World War II W ...

, a board game