No. 6,698 in Swedish

nba

"NBA" is not a Swedish word; it refers to the National Basketball Association in English.

In a sentence

Jag älskar att titta på NBA-matcher på TV.
I love watching NBA games on TV.
Here, 'NBA' refers to the National Basketball Association and is used as a proper noun to indicate the professional basketball league.
Han samlar på NBA-tröjor från olika lag.
He collects NBA jerseys from different teams.
In this context, 'NBA' is used as an attributive noun to describe jerseys associated with the National Basketball Association.
NBA:s regler kan vara ganska komplicerade för nya fans.
The NBA's rules can be quite complicated for new fans.
Here, 'NBA' is used possessively, indicating the rules of the National Basketball Association.

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