BAA or Baa may refer to:

Letters and sounds

* Baa, onomatopoeic representation of the noise made by

sheep Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus '' Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated ...

* Bāʾ, the Arabic letter ب * Baa, the fifth consonant of the

Thaana Thaana, Taana or Tāna ( ) is the present writing system of the Maldivian language spoken in the Maldives. Thaana has characteristics of both an abugida (diacritic, vowel-killer strokes) and a true alphabet (all vowels are written), ...

script used in the Dhivehi language

Places

* Baa Atoll, an administrative division of the Maldives *

Ba'a Ba'a (''Baa'', ''Baadale'') is the capital of the Indonesian island of Rote and of the Rote Ndao Regency (''kabupaten''), in the province of East Nusa Tenggara. It lies in the district (''kecamatan The term ''district'', in the context of Indone ...

, the capital of the Indonesian island of Roti *

BAA Ground The Burma Athletic Association Ground (BAA Ground) was a cricket ground in Rangoon, Burma (today Yangon, Myanmar). It was built as an athletic ground in 1906, which was completed in 1909, where many sports were held such as cricket, football and ...

, a now defunct cricket venue in Rangoon, Burma *Bialla Airport,

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

(IATA code BAA)

Organisations

BAA plc 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 in the Dhivehi language Places * Baa Atoll, an administrat ...

, a former British airport operator, now called Heathrow Airport Holdings **

BAA USA BAA USA, also referred to as just BAA in the United States, was an American airports subsidiary owned by the British airports operator BAA. At its peak, BAA USA owned AirMall as well as the airside shopping outlets and management contracts for se ...

, the American subsidy of BAA plc. * 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 The Birmingham Architectural Association (BAA), known between 1933 and 1967 as the Birmingham and Five Counties Architectural Association, is a professional association of architects based in Birmingham, England, and affiliated to the West Midland ...

, a professional association of architects based in Birmingham, England *

British Astronomical Association The British Astronomical Association (BAA) was formed in 1890 as a national body to support the UK's amateur astronomers. Throughout its history, the BAA has encouraged observers to make scientifically valuable observations, often in collaborati ...

, a national association of amateur astronomers in the UK *

Boston Athletic Association The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) is a non-profit, running-focused, organized sports association for the Greater Boston area. The B.A.A. hosts such events as the Boston Marathon, the B.A.A. 5K, the B.A.A. 10K, the B.A.A. Half Marathon, the ...

, sports association for the city of Boston, hosts such events as the Boston Marathon *

Broadway Across America Broadway Across America (BAA) is a presenter and producer of live theatrical events in the United States and Canada since 1982. It is currently owned by the John Gore Organization (formerly Key Brand Entertainment), which purchased it from Live ...

, a theatre company

Other uses

Batting average against In baseball statistics, batting average against (denoted by BAA or AVG), also known as opponents' batting average (denoted by OBA), is a statistic that measures a pitcher's ability to prevent hits during official at bats. It can alternatively be ...

, a statistic in baseball that measures a pitcher's ability to prevent hits *

Bachelor of Applied Arts The Bachelor of Applied Arts, often abbreviated as BAA or B.A.A. is an undergraduate degree, with different meaning in different countries. The term 'Applied' means that the degree is vocational in nature, and not research-oriented (depending on the ...

, a degree *

Backing Australia's Ability Backing Australia's Ability (BAA) was a five-year innovation plan launched by the Howard Government in January 2001. Previous policy Previous policies for this group of portfolios under the Howard Government were: * ''Investing for Growth'', D ...

, an innovation plan *

Broad Agency Announcement The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is a technique for United States government agencies to solicit proposals from outside groups for certain research and development. The agency will then select proposals to fund as contracts or grants. BAAs are ...

, a technique for United States government agencies to contract for basic and applied research and certain development *

Kwah language Kwah (Kwa), also known as Baa (''Bàː''Idiatov, Dmitry, Mark Van de Velde, Tope Olagunju and Bitrus Andrew. 2017. Results of the first AdaGram survey in Adamawa and Taraba States, Nigeria'. 47th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics ...

, also known as Baa, a Niger-Congo language

Letters and sounds

Places

Organisations

Other uses

See also