What is the meaning of the acronym CA?

Answer 1

Acronyms can mean different things in different countries or occupations.

Here is an extensive list of meanings for the acronym of "CA", with the most common two in the USA appearing first:

• Canada (Country)
• California (US State and US postal abbreviation)
• Computer Analyst
• Cultural Analyst
• Career Analyst
• Central Air
• Class A (TV call signs)
• Computer Associates International Inc.
• Columbia Association (Columbia, MD)
• Central America
• Control Access
• Change of Address
• Certificate Authority (encryption)
• Cost Analysis
• Computer Application (school course)
• Cash Advance
• Certification Authority
• Consumer Action
• Community Action (a non-profit US agency that operates in some States)
• Current Account
• Computer Animation
• Commercial Activities
• Construction Administration (USACE)
• Contract Administration
• Contract Administrator
• Classic Army (Airsoft Manufacturer)
• Court of Appeal
• Gun (or Heavy) Cruiser
• Code Available
• Communications Activities
• Conference Agenda
• Companies Act (India)
• Contract Award
• Cancer (medical)
• Call Agent (VoIP)
• Commercial Accounts
• Collective Agreement
• Conseil d'Administration (French: Board of Directors)
• Cable Assembly
• Consumers Association
• Consumers' Association (UK)
• Community Acquired (infection)
• Club America (Mexican soccer team)
• College of Agriculture (various colleges and universities)
• Clinical Assistant (in medical situations)
• Consumer Alert
• Civil Affairs
• Cooperative Agreement
• Calcium (chemistry)
• Captain America (comic)
• Combat Arms
• Current Awareness
• Counter Attack
• Civil Aviation
• Carlisle (postcode, United Kingdom)
• Cocaine Anonymous (Cocaïnomanes Anonymes)
• Common Applications
• Commercially Available
• Corporate Action
• Colorado Avalanche (hockey team)
• Confidentiality Agreement (business, legal term)
• Chartered Accountant
• Cricket Australia
• Compressed Air (mechanics and computers)
• Critical Appraisal
• Cyber Acoustics (PC/game console sound systems)
• Chemical Abstracts
• Contrast Agent (for medical diagnostic tests)
• Cardiac Arrest (medical)
• Computer-Aided
• Connections Academy (K-8 online school)
• Combined Arms
• Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy)
• Christian Aid (non-profit agency)
• Contract Action
• Credit Agricole (Agricultural Credit)
• Computer Algebra
• Certificate of Authenticity
• Competent Authority (EU Medical Devices Directive)
• Conditional Access
• Corrective Action
• Client Assessment (psychology)
• Cycling Australia
• Commercial Agent
• Collision Avoidance (insurance terminology)
• Cellular Automata
• Cost Account
• Chief Accountant (business)
• Customer Acceptance
• Carcinoma (medical diagnosis)
• Clay Aiken (singer)
• Conversation Analysis (study of talk in interaction)
• Communication Application
• Cleaning Agent
• Clerical Assistant (obsolete, now administrative assistant)
• Control Assembly
• Chiropractic Assistant
• Conformity Assessment (ANSI term)
• Chronological Age
• Community Assistant
• Consular Affairs (US State Department)
• Catalan Language (ISO 639-1 Code)
• Communications Access (line)
• Combustion Air
• Citric Acid
• Communication Assistant
• Cancer Antigen
• Castle Age
• Control Account
• Change Agreement
• Cellulose Acetate (type of reverse osmosis membrane)
• Computer Assistant (or Computing Assistant)
• Carmelo Anthony (NBA Player)
• Climate Audit (website)
• Community Advisor
• Catchment Area (wastewater operations; mining wastewater pool)
• Colorado Academy
• Air China (airline code)
• Canadian Alliance party (Canada)
• Catamarca (Argentina province, airline code)
• Cary Academy (Cary, NC, USA)
• Combat Aircraft
• Chromatic Aberration (lens error)
• Chambre d'Agriculture (French: Chamber of Agriculture)
• Comunidad Autónoma (Spain)
• Chiffre d'Affaire (France)
• Civil Administration
• Conference Assistant
• Contract Agent
• Census Agglomeration
• Cranking Amps (battery)
• Chief Advisor
• Compressor, Air
• Command Authority
• Citizen Act
• Charlton Athletic
• Carbonic Anhydrase
• Conceptart (website)
• Certified Arborist
• Customer Advocate
• CyanoAcrylate (glue)
• Carrier Aircraft
• Contracting Activity
• Watermarked (philatelic notation for stamps or paper)
• Countryside Alliance (UK)
• Commonwealth's Attorney
• Cryptanalysis
• Contract Authority
• Crank Angle (Mechanical Engineering)
• Configuration Audit
• Cabin Attendant (aviation)
• Current Asset
• Conjoint Analysis
• Corazon Aquino
• Cone Angle
• Certificat d'Aptitude (French)
• Corrente Alternada (Spanish: Alternating Current)
• Carbohydrate Antigen (tumoral marker)
• Capability Assessment (US Air Force)
• Compania Anonima
• Chess Assistant
• Chromosomal Aberration
• Compulsory Acquisition
• Culver Academies
• Call Attempt
• Constant Amplitude
• Cayman Airways (airline code)
• Clear Aperture
• Construction Authorization
• Combat Assault
• CyberArmy
• Chemical Addition
• Cruising Association
• Corneal Abrasion (ophthalmology)
• Ciudad Acuna (Mexico)
• Counter Air
• Continual Assessment
• Concentration in Air
• Conditioned Avoidance (psychology/psychiatry)
• Commonwealth Act (Philippines)
• Croquet Association (UK)
• Criticality Analysis
• Church Army
• Credits Applied (insurance)
• Certified Acupuncturist
• Coordinating Authority
• Civic Amenity (UK)
• Christijan Albers (formula one driver)
• Croatian Army
• Cyberangels (International online help association)
• Communications Analysis
• Constructive Approximation
• Corporate Avenger (Band)
• Connection Authorization
• Caritas Australia
• Council of Administration (Universal Postal Union)
• Cornu Ammonis (hippocampal subregion in the medial temporal lobe)
• Connectivity Africa (International Development Research Centre; Canada)
• Contract Authorization
• Change Authorization
• On-Call Pay (attendance code)
• Critical Assembly
• Computer and Automation
• Conservancy Association
• Commercial Announcement
• Charge Amplifier
• Critical Alarm (Sprint)
• Channel Aggregation
• Cortese Attenzione (Italian: Dear Mr.)
• Coal Authority (UK)
• Cell Arrival
• Call Accepted (ITU-T)
• Controller of Accounts
• Cranial Academy
• Contract Assistant
• Conjunction Analysis (satellite operations)
• Certification Agent
• Conflict Alert (Air Traffic Control)
• Contamination Avoidance
• Condiloma Acuminado (Spanish)
• Contamination Area
• Chemical Alarm
• Certified Archivist
• Gun Cruiser
• Combat Assessment
• Coverage Analyzer
• Corrective Activities
• Complementary Access
• Course Acquisition
• Certification Acceptance
• Competition Advocate
• Command Archive
• Cross Apply (debating)
• Connection Approval
• Controlled Availability
• Bromobenzyl Cyanide (tear gas, riot control agent)
• Construction Advisor
• Cell Averaging (Constant False Alarm Rate processor type)
• Congressional Add
• Congressional Audit
• Command Assessment
• Common Atrium
• Computer Accuracy (aviation competition)
• Corrosion Allowance
• Centro Agrícola (Spanish)
• Carbon Absorber
• Channel Adaptor
• Channel Attach
• Coordinated Atomic (robotics)
• COMSEC Account
• Call Allocation
• Champagne d' Argent (rabbit breed)
• Country Attaché
• Customer Accommodations
• Cuba Action
• Concentration Aura (gaming, World of Warcraft)
• Challenge Athena
• Cruiser-Armored (naval vessel)
• Circuit Assurance (Modem Information)
• Chesapeake & Albemarle (railroad)
• Connect Acknowledge (ITU-T Rec. I.451)
• Certified Acupressurist (natural therapy designation)
• Carbon Anhydrase
• Contingency Abort
• Crusader Aura (gaming, World of Warcraft)
• Chess Advisor
• Cryptic Axe (gaming, Diablo II)
• Cyclic Abelian (code)
• Compact Assignment
• Club Amiérdica (Mexican female soccer team)
• Charted Account Consulate Date (international adoptions)
• Conventional Applicator
• Conformability Analysis (DFQ technique)
• Contracting Authorization
• Carril Auxiliar (Spanish)
• Classification and Audit
• Commercially Abundant
• Coaster Arsenal (roller coaster website)
• Collocated Activities
• Canberra Albuquerque, Inc
• Caddell Appraisals, Inc. (Estes Park, Colorado)
• Christos Alexandrou
• Computer Acoustics, Ltd
• Clusterhead Announcement
• Crewman's Associate
• Combat/Controller Amplifier
• (Air Traffic) Control Advisers
• Directorate of Corporate Affairs (NIMA)
• Collison Avoiding
• Command Channel Adapter
• Contract/Criticality Analysis
• Convening Authority (US DoD)
• Controlled Atmosphere
• Constructionman Apprentice (US Navy)
• Contemporary Authors (journal)
• Cooperating Agency
• Compliance Assistance (labor law posters; Los Angeles, CA)
• Company Alpha (gaming clan) Committee of Adjustment (Canada)
• Commercial Aviation
• Conservation Agriculture
• Concrete Arch
• Closest Approach (satellites)
• Chipping Away (Canada)
• Clan Arena (gaming)
• Circuit Assembly
• Cab-to-Axle (dimension)
• Certified Aromatherapist
• Catecholamine (organic compound)
• Custodial Acquisition
• Cultural Algorithm (computing)

NOTE: There may be far more than these in other languages and cultures.