English Explanatory Dictionary

pipa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pear-shaped plucked lute from China.
noun
  1. Initialism of Participatory impact pathways analysis, a project management approach.
name
  1. Initialism of Personal Information Protection Act, part of Canadian privacy law.
  2. Initialism of Phoenix Islands Protected Area, a marine protected area located in the Republic of Kiribati.
  3. Initialism of Program on International Policy Attitudes, an American research institution.
  4. Initialism of PROTECT IP Act, a proposed American law.

Word forms

pipa pipas p'i-p'a

Etymology

From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá). Doublet of bipa and biwa, and possibly barbat and barbitos.

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