English Explanatory Dictionary

PA

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Abbreviation of Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
  2. Abbreviation of Papua: a province of Indonesia.
  3. Abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil.
  4. Initialism of Palestinian Authority.
  5. Initialism of Proto-Algonquian (sometimes abbreviated PAn to distinguish it from Proto-Algic, but usually just abbreviated PA with Proto-Algic being abbreviated PAc).
  6. Initialism of Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian).
  7. Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan.
  8. Initialism of Prince Albert: a city in Saskatchewan, Canada.
noun
  1. Initialism of public address.
  2. Initialism of production assistant.
  3. Initialism of personal assistant.
  4. Initialism of personal appearance (when a celebrity visits a public event).
  5. Initialism of power amplifier.
  6. Initialism of Prince Albert (“genital piercing”).
  7. Initialism of public accountant.
  8. Initialism of public act.
  9. Initialism of physician assistant.
  10. Initialism of physician associate.
  11. Initialism of polyamide.
  12. Initialism of pyrrolizidine alkaloid.
adj
  1. Initialism of posteroanterior.
phrase
  1. Initialism of per annum.
noun
  1. Father, papa.
  2. Grandpa, grandfather.
noun
  1. A fortified Maori settlement, especially of pre-European times.
  2. Any Maori village or settlement; a kainga.
noun
  1. Father, dad, papa.
  2. A short form of grandpa; grandfather.

Pronunciation

/pɑː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pa.wav

Word forms

PA PAs pah

Etymology

Clipping of papa.

Synonyms

da dad daddy papa pater pappy pop poppy grandpapa grandpappy grandpop grandpoppy big daddy pa ayr ba baba dada daddio father fatherling old man pap papa bear papaw pappaw patriarch paw pawpaw peepaw pepaw poppa pops sire grandpa ayle elderfather eldfather goodsire gramp grampa gramps grampop gran granda grandad grandaddy granddad granddaddy grandfather grandpap grandpaw grandsire granfer granpappy granther nonno pop-pop zayde

Related words

P-A grandpa

Derived words

PA cage PA speaker godpa ma-and-pa
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