ETA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eta"

English

Noun

ETA (plural ETAs)

2. Initialism of estimated time of arrival.

   Hypernyms: time of arrival, arrival time

   Coordinate term: ETR (“estimated time of restoration”)

   • 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Avery Johnson (David Scully), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Sierra 117:

     We're even, as long as we're only counting today. Kilo 023, what's your ETA?

3. (travel) Initialism of Electronic Travel Authorization, a type of electronic visa.

   Alternative form: eTA

   Coordinate term: ESTA

4. (music) Initialism of Elvis tribute artist, a professional impersonator who performs as Elvis Presley.

Related terms

• ETD

Translations

initialism of estimated time of arrival

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Verb

ETA

1. (Internet slang) Initialism of edited to add.

Proper noun

ETA

1. (historical) Acronym of Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, a Basque separatist organization active from 1959 to 2018.

   Alternative form: Eta

   • 2023 July 21, Jason Horowitz, “In Spain’s Election, Left and Right Answer for the Company They Keep”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     They include northern Spain’s Catalan independence movement and political descendants of the Basque secessionist group ETA, who infuriated voters before local elections in May when they fielded 44 convicted terrorists as candidates, including seven found guilty of murder.

2. (Australia) Initialism of Electronic Travel Authority.

Anagrams

• æt., -ate, eat, Tea, AET, aet, tea, a.e.t., aet., TEA, ate, Até, Atë

Basque

Proper noun

ETA inan

1. acronym of Euskadi Ta Askatasuna

Declension

Declension of ETA (inan a-stem¹)

	indefinite
absolutive	ETA
ergative	ETAk
dative	ETAri
genitive	ETAren
comitative	ETArekin
causative	ETArengatik
benefactive	ETArentzat
instrumental	ETAz
inessive	ETAn
locative	ETAko
allative	ETAra
terminative	ETAraino
directive	ETArantz
destinative	ETArako
ablative	ETAtik
partitive	ETArik
prolative	ETAtzat

1. This is a phonetic acronym. The declension is regular

References

• Laburtzapenen Hiztegia [Dictionary of Shortenings]‎^[2], Vitoria-Gasteiz: Basque Government, 2010, page 81

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque ETA.

Proper noun

ETA

1. ETA (Basque nationalist terrorist group)

Finnish

Proper noun

ETA

1. initialism of Euroopan talousalue (“European Economic Area”)

Anagrams

• Tea, tae

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque ETA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeta/ [ˈe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: E‧TA

Proper noun

ETA f

1. ETA (Basque nationalist terrorist group)