FA, Fa or fa may refer to:

People

Fa of Xia Fa (Chinese language, Chinese: 發, Fā) was the 16th ruler of the Xia Dynasty, father of the infamous Jie of Xia, Jie who brought the dynasty to its end. His given name was Houjing (后敬). Reign Fa was a son of the King Gao of Xia and thus ...

, King of China 1747–1728 BC * Fa Ngum (1316–1393), founder and ruler of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang

Places

Fa, Aude Fa (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Fan'') is a former Communes of France, commune in the Aude Departments of France, department in southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-du-Faby.Falmouth Academy Falmouth Academy is a non-profit, coed, independent, private college-preparatory day school serving students from grades 7–12. It is located in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. History Falmouth Academy was founded in 1977 as a small and ...

, a private college-preparatory school in Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA *

Foxcroft Academy Foxcroft Academy is a private preparatory high school located in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine. Chartered by the Maine legislature in 1823, Foxcroft Academy was established just a few years after the incorporation of the town of F ...

, a private high school in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, USA *

Friends Academy Friends Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, independent, college preparatory school serving students from nursery school through the twelfth grade, located in Locust Valley, New York, United States. The school was founded in 1876 by 78-year-old ...

, a Quaker college preparatory school in Locust Valley, New York, USA *

Fryeburg Academy Fryeburg Academy, founded in 1792, is one of the oldest private schools in the United States, located in Fryeburg, Maine. Among notable faculty, Daniel Webster was one of the first Heads of School, teaching at the school for a year. Boarding stu ...

, a private school in Fryeburg, Maine, USA

Arts and entertainment

Fa (musical note) F is a musical note, the fourth above C or fifth below C. It is the fourth note and the sixth semitone of the solfège. It is also known as fa in fixed-do solfège. It has enharmonic equivalents of E (E-sharp) and G (G-double flat), amongst o ...

, the name for F in fixed-do solfège * Fa Yuiry, a fictional character in ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' * ''

Fantasy Advertiser ''Fantasy Advertiser'', later abbreviated to ''FA'', was a British fanzine focused on comic books, founded in 1965 by Frank Dobson, the "Godfather of British Fandom."Skinn, Dez"Early days of UK comics conventions and marts," DezSkinn.com. Access ...

'', later shortened to ''FA'', a British comics fanzine * ''Firearms'' (video game), a 1998 ''Half-Life'' modification commonly abbreviated as ''FA''

Government, law and politics

* Fa (philosophy), a Chinese philosophical concept covering law, ethics, and logic *

Falange Auténtica Falange Auténtica ( en, Authentic Phalanx, FA) is a Falangist political party in Spain. FA emerged in 2002 as a split from FE/La Falange. FA claims to represent the heritage of the dissolved Falange Española de las JONS (Auténtica) (FE-JONS ...

(Authentic Phalanx), a Falangist political party in Spain *

Fisheries Agency The Fisheries Agency (FA; ) is the agency of the Council of Agriculture of the Taiwan (ROC) responsible for all matters relating to fisheries. History In May 1998, the amendment of the Regulation for the Organization of the Council of Agricultu ...

, a government agency in Taiwan

Languages and alphabets

Fa (letter) Pe is the seventeenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Pē , Hebrew Pē , Aramaic Pē , Syriac Pē ܦ, and Arabic (in abjadi order). The original sound value is a voiceless bilabial plosive: ; it retains this value in most ...

, the seventeenth letter of the Arabic abjad *

Faʼ language The Fa language, ''Lefa'' (also ''Fak'' or ''Lefa''), is one of the Bantu languages of Cameroon. References

Bafia languages Languages of Cameroon {{Bantu-lang-stub ...

, one of the Bantu languages of Cameroon * fa, ISO 639-1 code of the Persian language

Math, science, and technology

* Factor analysis, a statistical method *

Fanconi anemia Fanconi anaemia (FA) is a rare genetic disease resulting in impaired response to DNA damage. Although it is a very rare disorder, study of this and other bone marrow failure syndromes has improved scientific understanding of the mechanisms of nor ...

, a rare genetic disease * Fatty acid, a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic chain * Fayalite, the iron-rich end-member in the olivine solid solution series of minerals * Femtoampere (fA), an SI unit of electric current equal to 10⁻¹⁵ A * Fluorescein angiography, a technique for examining the circulation of the retina and choroid of the eye * Folic acid, one of the B vitamins * Folinic acid, a medication *

Fractional anisotropy Fractional anisotropy (FA) is a scalar value between zero and one that describes the degree of anisotropy of a diffusion process. A value of zero means that diffusion is isotropic, i.e. it is unrestricted (or equally restricted) in all directions. A ...

, a value that describes the anisotropy of a diffusion process * Friedreich's ataxia, an inherited disease that causes progressive damage to the nervous system * Nikon FA, a 35 mm SLR camera

Military

Field artillery Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field. These weapons are specialized for mobility, tactical proficiency, short range, long range, and extremely long range target engagement. Until the early 20t ...

* Focke-Achgelis, a defunct German helicopter manufacturer * Forschungsamt (Research Office of the Reich Air Ministry), the signals intelligence and cryptanalytic agency of the German Nazi Party * Frankford Arsenal, a former US Army ammunition plant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *

Frontal Aviation The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...

(Frontovaya Aviatsiya or "FA"), a branch of the Soviet Air Forces focused on battlefield air defence

Sport

* The Football Association, the body that regulates football in England * First ascent, in climbing * Free agent

Transport

* ALCO FA, an American locomotive made by ALCO *

Toyota FA The Toyota FA and BA were heavy duty trucks introduced in February 1954. They were facelifted versions of the earlier BX/FX trucks, retaining those trucks Type B and Type F six-cylinder petrol engines. The first letter in the model name indicates ...

, a heavy duty truck *

Area forecast An Aviation Area Forecast (FA or ARFOR) was a message product of the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States. It has been replaced by ''Graphic Area Forecasts'', or ''GFA'', in 2017. There are also weather charts forecast like SIGWX. F ...

, in aviation * '' Ferrocarriles Argentinos'', Argentine railways * Safair (IATA airline designator FA), a South African aviation company * NZR F^A Class, aclass of steam locomotive used on New Zealand Railways

Other uses

* F.A. or

Intermediate of Arts Intermediate Arts (IA) is an academic diploma awarded by a high school or junior college after the completion of 12th grade or equivalent in some countries like India and Nepal. However, as for Nepal, the usage of IA, ISc, and the like has become o ...

, an academic diploma *

Fa (brand) Fa is an international brand for personal care products. It is a subsidiary of German company Henkel AG. Fa products include skin care lotions, Cream (pharmaceutical), creams and gels, as well as shower gels, bubble baths, soaps and deodorants. N ...

, a brand for personal care products * Fa or

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 ...

, an obsolete Scottish measurement of length *

Fat admirer "Big Beautiful Woman" (commonly abbreviated as BBW) is a euphemism for an overweight woman. Meaning and usage The terms "Big Beautiful Women" and "BBW" were coined by Carole Shaw in 1979, when she launched ''BBW Magazine'', a fashion and li ...

, a person attracted to overweight women * Financial adviser, a professional who renders financial services to clients * Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), a program of recovery based on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous