FA, Fa or fa may refer to:
People
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Fa of Xia, King of China 1747–1728 BC
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Fa Ngum (1316–1393), founder and ruler of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang
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Fa Ziying (1964–1999), Chinese serial killer
Places
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Fa, Aude, a commune of the Aude ' in France
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Friends Academy, Locust Valley, New York, US
Arts and entertainment
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Fa (musical note)
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Fa Yuiry, a fictional character in ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam''
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Fantasy Advertiser'', later ''FA'', UK fanzine
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''Firearms'' (video game), 1998
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Fur Affinity, a furry fandom-centric art community website
Government, law and politics
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Fa (philosophy), a Chinese concept
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Falange Auténtica, a Spanish political party
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Finance Act
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Fisheries Agency, Taiwan
Languages and alphabets
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Fa (letter) of the Arabic abjad
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Faʼ language, Bantu language of Cameroon
* fa, ISO 639-1 code of the
Persian language
Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision ...
Mathematics, science, and technology
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Factor analysis
Factor analysis is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved variables called factors. For example, it is possible that variations in six observe ...
, a statistical method
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Fanconi anemia, a genetic disease
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Fayalite
Fayalite (, commonly abbreviated to Fa) is the iron-rich endmember, end-member of the olivine solid solution, solid-solution series. In common with all minerals in the olivine, olivine group, fayalite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (spac ...
, an olivine mineral
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Femtoampere (fA)
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Fluorescein angiography, for eye examination
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Folic acid
Folate, also known as vitamin B9 and folacin, is one of the B vitamins. Manufactured folic acid, which is converted into folate by the body, is used as a dietary supplement and in food fortification as it is more stable during processing and ...
, a B vitamin
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Fractional anisotropy, degree of anisotropy
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Friedreich's ataxia, a genetic disease
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Nikon FA, a camera
Military
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Forschungsamt, Nazi German intelligence agency
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Frontal Aviation
The Soviet Air Forces (, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Sovie ...
, Soviet Air Forces battlefield air defence
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Fleet Admiral
An admiral of the fleet or shortened to fleet admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to field marshal and marshal of the air force. An admiral of the fleet is typically senior to an admiral.
It is also a generic ter ...
, usually the highest rank of
naval officers
An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.
Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer (NCO), or a warrant officer. However, absent ...
Sport
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The Football Association
The Football Association (the FA) is the Sports governing body, governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest footb ...
, regulatory body, England
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First ascent
In mountaineering and climbing, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in climbing guidebook, guide books), is the first successful documented climb to the top of a mountain or the top of a particular climbing route. Early 20th-century mountaineers a ...
, of a mountain
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Football association, a governing body for an association football
Transport
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ALCO FA, a US locomotive
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Toyota FA, a truck
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Area forecast, in aviation
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Ferrocarriles Argentinos'', Argentine railways
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Safair, a South African airline, IATA code
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NZR FA Class, New Zealand locomotive class
Other uses
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Intermediate of Arts, an academic diploma
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Fa (brand), of personal care products
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Fall (unit)
A fall or fa’ is a Scottish measurement of length. Other variants of the name include "faw", "faa" and "fa"; the spelling with an apologetic apostrophe is not favoured now. The measurement was mostly out of use by the 19th century, and English ...
, obsolete Scottish length unit
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Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA)
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