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sta

sta is the abbreviation of station.

Meaning of station

Noun

station (plural stations)

  1. A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
    • The next station is Esperanza.
  2. A ground transportation depot.
    • It's right across from the bus station.
    Synonyms:
    sta, stn
  3. A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
    • From my station at the front door, I greeted every visitor.
  4. A place where some object is provided.
    • Collect a knife and fork from the cutlery station on the way to your table.
  5. (US) A gas station, service station.
    • Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, retrieved 31 Oct 2012
  6. An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
    • The police station is opposite the fire station.

See all 28 meanings of station

Proper noun (1) capitalized: STA

STA

  1. (Australia, South, abbreviation, initialism, obsolete) Initialism of State Transport Authority.
    • The STA (1600 mm gauge) operates railways in the Adelaide metropolitan area only.1985, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book, Australia: 1985, page 443
  2. (Australia, New-South-Wales, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of State Transit Authority.
    • The State Transit Authority of New South Wales (STA) is an agency of the Government of New South Wales based in Sydney, Australia operating bus and ferry services. THe STA is part of transport minister John Watkins′s portfolio.[…]The STA was established in 1989 to replace the Urban Transit...2007, Travel Sydney, MobileReference, unnumbered page
    • The applicants claim that whilst they were obliged to pay the full or ordinary fare when they used the public transport services provided by the STA and the SRA, similarly placed Australian university students paid a lower fare because they were entitled to concessional travel.2008, Neil Rees, Katherine Lindsay, Simon Rice, Australian Anti-Discrimination Law: Text, Cases and Materials, page 188

Noun (1) capitalized: STA

STA

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of spacetime algebra (in mathematical physics).
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Spike-Triggered Average, a tool for characterizing the response properties of a neuron.
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of station (in IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) terminology)
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of simultaneous thermal analysis.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of single-threaded apartment (in the Component Object Model).
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of static timing analysis (of a digital circuit).
  7. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of special temporary authority (to operate a radio station in the US).
  8. (abbreviation, initialism, material) Initialism of solution treating and aging (in heat treating of materials).

Noun (2) capitalized: Sta

Sta

  1. station
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Santa (“saint”).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Sta

Sta

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Santa.

Forms of sta

pluralstas
alternative formSta.

Phrases with sta

Questions about sta

What does sta mean?
Sta means station.
What is sta the abbreviation of?
Sta is the abbreviation of station.
What part of speech is sta?
Sta can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near sta in the dictionary

  1. St. Vitus' dance
  2. St.-Charles
  3. St.-Louis
  4. St.-Petersburg
  5. ST4T
  6. sta
  7. Sta Claus
  8. sta't
  9. sta.
  10. Sta. Barbara
  11. Sta. Clara

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sta (page history and authors); STA (page history and authors); Sta (page history and authors); station (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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