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PA
abbr.
1. or Pa. Pennsylvania
2. physician's assistant
3. or P/A power of attorney
4. press agent
5. production assistant
6. prosecuting attorney
7. public-address system

Pa 1
The symbol for the element protactinium.

Pa 2
abbr.
pascal

pa  (pä)
n. Informal
Father; papa.

[Short for papa.]

Pa
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds)
the chemical symbol for protactinium
(Mathematics & Measurements / Units)
symbol for pascal

PA
abbreviation for
1. (Placename) Pennsylvania
2. personal appearance
3. (Business / Commerce) personal assistant
4. (Military) Military Post Adjutant
5. (Law) power of attorney
6. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) press agent
7. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) Press Association
8. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) Banking private account
9. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) public-address system
10. (Business / Professions) publicity agent
11. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) Publishers Association
12. purchasing agent
13. (Business / Insurance) Insurance particular average
14. (in New Zealand) probationary assistant
15. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering)
international car registration for Panama

pa1
n
an informal word for father

pa2, pah [pɑː]
n NZ
1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a Maori village or settlement
2. (Historical Terms) (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) History a Maori defensive position and settlement on a hilltop
go back to the pa to abandon city life in favour of rural life
[Maori]

pa3
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science)
the Internet domain name for Panama

Pa
1. Abbreviation of pascal
2. The symbol for protactinium.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.PApa - an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
begetter, father, male parent - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
2.PAPa - a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
3.Pa - a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
pressure unit - a unit measuring force per unit area
4.PAPA - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg - a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union
University of Pennsylvania, Penn, Pennsylvania - a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
Mid-Atlantic states - a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland
Allentown - a city in eastern Pennsylvania; an industrial and commercial center
Altoona - a town in central Pennsylvania
Bethlehem - a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production
Erie - a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania
Gettysburg - a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery
capital of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg - capital of Pennsylvania; located in southern part of state
Chester - a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia - the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh - a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains - the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia
Allegheny, Allegheny River - a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River
Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains - a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
Lehigh River - a river in eastern Pennsylvania that flows southeast into the Delaware River
Monongahela, Monongahela River - a river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River
Susquehanna, Susquehanna River - a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay
5.PAPA - an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas
amplifier - electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
communication system - a system for communicating
loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, speaker system, speaker unit, speaker - electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
tannoy - a loudspeaker
Translations
pa [pɑː] Npapá m

PA [ˌpiːˈeɪ]
n abbr
(=personal assistant) → assistant(e) m/f de direction
She's a PA → Elle est assistante de direction.
(=public address system) (also PA system) → sono f
the PA system → la sono
over the PA → sur la sono
The tape playing over the PA is AC/DC's → La cassette qui passe sur la sono est celle d'AC/DC.
It was announced over the PA
BUT Cela a été annoncé par haut-parleur.
abbr (US) (=Pennsylvania)

pa [ˈpɑː] npapa m

pa
n (inf)Papa m, → Papi m, → Vati m (all inf)

pa [pɑː] n (fam) → papà m inv, babbo
pa [pɑː] n (fam) → papà m inv, babbo

PA م.ش osobní asistent højtaleranlæg persönlicher Assistent προσωπικός βοηθός secretaria personal, secretario personal yksityissihteeri secrétaire de direction tajnik assistente personale 個人秘書 비서 PA privatsekretær sekretarz osobisty assistente pessoal личный секретарь personlig assistent ตัวย่อของรัฐเพ็ลซิลเวเนียในอเมริกา kişisel asistan Trợ lý Riêng 私人助理


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