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HMAS

HMAS noun: his/Her Majesty's Australian Ship; the designation of Australian ships and naval bases.

Noun (1)

HMAS

  1. (Australia, initialism) His/Her Majesty's Australian Ship; the designation of Australian ships and naval bases.
    • The Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (Dart)[…]accepted as true allegations of abuse made by 207 former young recruits of HMAS Leeuwin at Fremantle, Western Australia, however it stopped short of recommending a royal commission.2014 June 17, Helen Davidson, “Blackballing and blanket beatings: decades of abuse at defence training school revealed”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. (Australia, initialism) His Majesty's Australian Ship.
  3. (UK, initialism, obsolete) His Majesty's Auxiliary Ship
  4. (UK, initialism, obsolete) Her Majesty's Auxiliary Ship
  5. (UK, initialism, obsolete) His Majesty's Armed Schooner
  6. (UK, initialism, obsolete) Her Majesty's Armed Schooner

Noun (2) capitalized: HMAs

HMAs

  1. (plural) plural of HMA

Questions about HMAS

What does HMAS mean?
HMAS means his/Her Majesty's Australian Ship; the designation of Australian ships and naval bases.
What part of speech is HMAS?
HMAS is a noun.

Words near HMAS in the dictionary

  1. HM/DG
  2. HMA
  3. HMAC
  4. HMACs
  5. Hmar
  6. HMAS
  7. Hmawbi
  8. HMB
  9. HMBH
  10. HMBHs
  11. HMBS

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