noun

• (in ancient Egypt) the supposed soul of a person or god, which survived after death but had to be sustained with offerings of food. It was typically represented as a human-headed bird.

  See also ka

• The chemical element barium.

abbreviation

• 1Bachelor of Arts.

  More example sentences

  • ‘David Brown, BA’

  Synonyms

  degree holder, person with a degree
• 2Buenos Aires.

• 3Baseball
  Batting average.