CAA

or C.A.A.

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abbreviation

Civil Aeronautics Administration: reorganized into the Federal Aviation Administration.

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby CAA

C1, C2, C3, C4, ca', CAA, Caaba, cab, cabal, cabala, cabaletta

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How to use CAA in a sentence

How much editorial authority should be given to those who want to keep things cool between the CIA and CAA?
Outcry Over SEAL Matt Bissonnette’s Bin Laden Book Reveals Pentagon Hypocrisy|Michael Daly|September 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But her personal publicist, Melissa Raubvogel, denied Bynes had been fired, and said no such event had happened with CAA.
Amanda Bynes Quits Hollywood: Behind Her Erratic Behavior|Jacob Bernstein|April 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Though sources say her CAA agents had a please-get-help talk with her this year, Bynes has so far resisted.
Amanda Bynes Quits Hollywood: Behind Her Erratic Behavior|Jacob Bernstein|April 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Just this week, CAA's Bryan Lourd sent word that he was working on getting the play developed as a movie.
For One Night, Larry Kramer's Not Angry|Jacob Bernstein|April 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST

He even set up a screening of Behind the Burly Q earlier that day at CAA, his (and her) agency.
A Hollywood Wife's Sexy Alter-Ego|Nicole LaPorte|April 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Good; drink this trago de caa to revive you from the blows you have received, and go to sleep.
The Guide of the Desert|Gustave Aimard
I's reet sorry, but ya caan't help these things sumtimes—an' it's naw gud hollerin' ower 'em like a mad bull.
Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward
Then comes a man slipping by where it is darkest, and we go to warn the seor taking the caa bottle.
The Dust of Conflict|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
Since the war makes pesetas scarce one drinks the thin red wine and caa here.
The Dust of Conflict|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
Two or three men sat in the wine-shop with little glasses of caa before them, and Appleby was reassured when he glanced at them.
The Dust of Conflict|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

British Dictionary definitions for CAA (1 of 3)

caa¹

ca'

/ (kɔː) /

verb, noun

a Scot word for call

British Dictionary definitions for CAA (2 of 3)

caa²

ca'

/ (kɔː) /

verb Scot

to drive or propel

to knock

caa canny or ca' canny to proceed cautiously; go slow

caa the feet frae or ca' the feet frae to send (a person) sprawling

British Dictionary definitions for CAA (3 of 3)

CAA

abbreviation for (in Britain)

Civil Aviation Authority

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