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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop]
2: a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead [syn: protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number 91]
3: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter [syn: pascal, Pa]
4: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA]
5: an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas [syn: public address system, P.A. system, PA system, P.A., PA]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: short for papa Date: circa 1629 father

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1970 physician's assistant II. abbreviation 1. Pennsylvania 2. chiefly British per annum 3. personal assistant 4. power amplifier 5. power of attorney 6. press agent 7. professional association 8. public address 9. purchasing agent

Merriam Webster's

I. abbreviation 1. pascal 2. Pennsylvania II. symbol protactinium

Oxford Reference Dictionary

abbr. 1 personal assistant. 2 public address (esp. PA system). 3 Press Association. 4 US Pennsylvania (in official postal use).

Oxford Reference Dictionary

symb. Chem. the element protactinium.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. colloq. father. Etymology: abbr. of PAPA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pa Pa (p[aum]), n. A shortened form of Papa.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pas) Some people address or refer to their father as pa. (INFORMAL) Pa used to be in the army. = dad N-FAMILY

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(PAs) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A PA is the same as a personal assistant. (BUSINESS) N-COUNT 2. If you refer to the PA or the PA system in a place, you are referring to the public address system. A voice came booming over the PA... N-COUNT: usu the N in sing

Moby Thesaurus

abba, dad, daddy, father, foster father, genitor, governor, old man, pap, papa, pappy, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, pop, pops, sire, stepfather, the old man

Moby Thesaurus

Gramophone, PA system, Victrola, audio sound system, audiophile, binaural system, bitch box, bullhorn, cartridge, ceramic pickup, changer, crystal pickup, derived four-channel system, discrete four-channel system, four-channel stereo system, hi-fi, hi-fi fan, high-fidelity, intercom, intercommunication system, jukebox, magnetic pickup, monaural system, mono, needle, nickelodeon, phonograph, photoelectric pickup, pickup, public-address system, quadraphonic sound system, radio-phonograph combination, record changer, record player, sound reproduction system, sound truck, squawk box, stereo, stylus, system, tape deck, tape recorder, tone arm, transcription turntable, turntable