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  • 61SPA — ● ►us sg. np. ►ORG Software Publishing Association. Encore une association d éditeurs cherchant à lutter contre le piratage, un peu comme BSA (mais la SPA est nettement moins agressive, et n a rien à voir avec nos amies les bêtes) …

    Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • 62spa — [17] The town of Spa, in eastern Belgium, has medicinal mineral springs. They were discovered in the 14th century, and by the early 17th century were well enough known in Britain for the town’s name to be used as a generic term for ‘medicinal… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 63spa — n British a good friend. The term has been in use among London teenagers since the 1990s and before that was heard in Wales. It may derive from sparring part ner . Star spa is a variant form …

    Contemporary slang

  • 64spa — bassin d eau chaude en bouillonnement continu ♦ Spa station thermale de Belgique …

    Dictionnaire des éponymes

  • 65spa — spɑː n. mineral spring; resort area with mineral springs; luxurious resort; health spa, establishment that provides facilities for improving one s physical fitness …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 66spa — noun a mineral spring considered to have health giving properties. ↘a place or resort with such a spring. ↘a commercial establishment offering health and beauty treatment. Origin C17: from Spa, a small town in eastern Belgium noted for its… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 67spa — [[t]spɑ[/t]] n. pl. spas 1) a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist 2) cvb a luxurious resort or resort hotel 3) cvb 4) cvb a hot tub or similar bathing facility, usu. for more than one person 5) dial. New England. soda… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 68Spa — 1Spa [spa: ] (belgische Stadt)   2Spa, das, auch der; [s], s <nach 1Spa> (Wellnessbad) …

    Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • 69spa — [17] The town of Spa, in eastern Belgium, has medicinal mineral springs. They were discovered in the 14th century, and by the early 17th century were well enough known in Britain for the town’s name to be used as a generic term for ‘medicinal… …

    Word origins

  • 70spa — n. 1 a curative mineral spring. 2 a place or resort with this. Etymology: Spa in Belgium …

    Useful english dictionary