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PA¹

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.Pennsylvania Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit? / Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of Papua: a province of Indonesia.Papua
  3. abbreviation Abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil.Pará
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Palestinian Authority.Palestinian Authority The European Union was more restrained in its support, on the grounds that it would be preferable for Israel to negotiate its withdrawal as part of an agreement with the PA. The PA and Arab governments criticized Sharon for planning to act without consulting them.
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Proto-Algonquian (sometimes abbreviated PAn to distinguish it from Proto-Algic, but usually just abbreviated PA with Proto-Algic being abbreviated PAc).Proto-Algonquian
  6. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian).Proto-Algic
  7. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan.Proto-Athabaskan
  8. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Prince Albert: a city in Saskatchewan, Canada.Prince Albert

noun PAs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of public address.public address “Shuttle sensors detect no communications, heat signatures out of the ordinary, or other signals,” SAM-E said over the shuttle’s PA.
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of production assistant.production assistant
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of personal assistant.personal assistant Jen: Douglas has asked me to be his PA. Moss: Oh. My. God! Well, that is something and a half. His PA? How... Whoa! His PA... Shut up! His PA! Jen: It means "personal assistant". Moss: Thank you. Right, OK.
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of personal appearance (when a celebrity visits a public event).personal appearance
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of power amplifier.power amplifier
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Prince Albert (“genital piercing”).Prince Albert
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of public accountant.public accountant
  8. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of public act.public act
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of physician assistant.physician assistant
  10. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of physician associate.physician associate
  11. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of polyamide.polyamide
  12. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of pyrrolizidine alkaloid.pyrrolizidine alkaloid
  13. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Peano arithmetic.Peano arithmetic
  14. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of pulmonary artery.pulmonary artery
  15. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Parental Accompaniment.Parental Accompaniment
  16. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of precision agriculture.precision agriculture
  17. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of points against.points against Coordinate term: PF

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of posteroanterior.posteroanterior

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of per annum.per annum an interest rate of 3% PA

pa²

  • /pɑː/

Sounds like pah (Etymology 2), par (non-rhotic), paw (cot–caught merger, father-bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɑː

Where it comes from

Clipping of papa.

noun pas

  1. colloquial Father, papa.
  2. colloquial Grandpa, grandfather.

pa³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Māori pā.

noun pas · pah

  1. New Zealand, historical A fortified Maori settlement, especially of pre-European times. The very existence of fortified pā was often a sign that those who lived near such complexes sought to discourage attack and wanted to make conflict less likely, not more so.
  2. New Zealand Any Maori village or settlement; a kainga.

Pa⁴

  • /pɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

noun

  1. informal, uncountable Father, dad, papa. Hey, Pa, I'd like you to meet my friend.
  2. uncountable A short form of grandpa; grandfather.

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