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na

/nɑː/interjection, noun, adverb

na is spelled N-A: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, na means “No” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in na?

Letters2: N-A
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing26 times per million words; the 3,479th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is na?

Na appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce na?

  • /nɑː/

Na has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-na.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What does na mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

interjection

  1. 1

    ScotlandNo.

    Na, yor wrang.

adverb

  1. 1

    slangNow; already.

    You need to sleep na.

  2. 2

    IndiaslangIsn't it?

    It is far na?

  3. 3

    obsoleteNot.

  4. 4

    obsoleteNo.

noun

as NA
  1. 1

    Initialism of nerve agent.

  2. 2

    Initialism of new adult.

  3. 3

    Initialism of nursing assistant.

adjective

as NA
  1. 1

    Initialism of Native American (“American Indian”).

  2. 2

    Initialism of non-alcoholic.

noun

  1. 1

    Abbreviation of noun animate.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does na come from?

Development of Etymology 1, above; compare nah.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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