BAA

BAA or Baa may refer to:

Letters and sounds

• Baa, onomatopoeic representation of the noise made by sheep
• Bāʾ, the Arabic letter ب
• Baa, the fifth consonant of the Thaana script used of the Dhivehi language

Places

• Baa Atoll, an administrative division of the Maldives
• Ba'a, the capital of the Indonesian island of Roti
• BAA Ground, a now defunct cricket venue in Rangoon, Burma
• BAA, IATA code for Bialla Airport, Papua New Guinea

Organisations

• BAA plc, a former British airport operator, now called Heathrow Airport Holdings
• Basketball Association of America, the former name of the National Basketball Association
• Billiard Association of America, former name of the Billiard Congress of America
• Birmingham Architectural Association, a professional association of architects based in Birmingham, England
• Boston Athletic Association, sports association for the city of Boston, hosts such events as the Boston Marathon
• Broadway Across America, a theatre company
• British Astronomical Association, a national association of amateur astronomers in the UK

Other uses

• Baa language
• Batting average against, a statistic in baseball that measures a pitcher's ability to prevent hits
• Bachelor of Applied Arts, a degree
• Backing Australia's Ability, an innovation plan
• Broad Agency Announcement, a technique for United States government agencies to contract for basic and applied research and certain development
• Business Associate Agreement, defined by HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)

See also

• Ba (disambiguation)