Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Bea has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
A diminutive of the female given name Beatrice
"After the crash at Paris-Orly airport, BEA immediately launched an investigation to determine the cause of the incident."
Initialism of British European Airways.
Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile, the French civil aviation accident investigation bureau.
Bea is an initialism derived from the French phrase Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'analyses pour la sécurité de l'Aviation civile. It was adopted into English to refer to the organization responsible for investigating civil aviation accidents and incidents in France.