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JA en · PROPN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Japan: a country in East Asia (NATO country code).
   alt of Japan
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Jamaica: a country in the Caribbean.
   alt of Jamaica
3. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Jalisco: a state of Mexico.
   alt of Jalisco
4. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Jambi: a province of Indonesia.
   alt of Jambi
5. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Jammu and Kashmir: a union territory of India.
   alt of Jammu and Kashmir
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, postpositional) Abbreviation of judge or justice of a court of appeal.
   alt of judge or justice of a court of appeal

JA en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from German JA (“Junge Alternative für Deutschland”).

Meanings

1. (German) Young Alternative for Germany.
   • In a statement in April, the intelligence agency deemed the AfD’s youth wing, the Young Alternative for Germany or Junge Alternative für Deutschland (JA), as “clearly xenophobic” and “propagating a racial concept of society based on basic biological assumptions.” It deemed the group was likely to adopt “non-peaceful behavior” towards people perceived as foreign. […] According to the BfV, the JA promotes an ethno-nationalist worldview that ostracizes anyone who is not a native, white German. 2023 May 24, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, “Germany intensifies scrutiny of far-right AfD, labeling its youth wing ‘extremist’”, in CNN: