ba
noun
[ bɑː ]
• (in ancient Egypt) the supposed soul of a person or god, which survived after death but had to be sustained with offerings of food. It was typically represented as a human-headed bird.
Ba
symbol
• the chemical element barium.
BA
abbreviation
• Bachelor of Arts.
• "David Brown, BA"
• British Airways.
• British Association (for the Advancement of Science).
• Buenos Aires.
barium
noun
• the chemical element of atomic number 56, a soft white reactive metal of the alkaline earth group.
Origin:
early 19th century: from baryta + -ium.
