apa
noun
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
apa
1 American
[uh-pah]
/ əˈpɑ /
noun
Apa
2
American
[ah-pah]
/ ˈɑ pɑ /
noun
APA
3
American
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American Psychiatric Association.
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American Psychological Association.
A.P.A.
4
American
abbreviation
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American Philological Association.
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American Protective Association.
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American Protestant Association.
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American Psychiatric Association.
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American Psychological Association.
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Associate in Public Administration.
Etymology
Origin of apa
From Tupi
Example Sentences
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Austria’s apa news agency on Tuesday cited Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Peter Guschelbauer as saying 29-year-old Max Zirngast was released from the high-security Sincan 2 prison near Ankara.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2018
The apa insisted on an exhaustive biological inventory.
From Time Magazine Archive
Does it mean we are going to see Gomo like when we went to see your uhmma and apa?
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
Why is the Wallachian word for water Sanscrit? for what is the difference between apa and ap?
From Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by George Henry Borrow
Kĕna apa? “affected by what?” is frequently pronounced as a single word, kenapa, meaning “why?”
From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Sir William Edward Maxwell
According to Deadline, Fineman is in talks to join Colin Woodell, KJ Apa and Diane Guerrero in “Myron Bolitar,” a Netflix sports drama series based on Harlan Coben’s books.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
The ceremony featured performances from R&B star Ciara, and Mr Fantasy, an online persona that many have speculate might be the alter ego of Riverdale actor KJ Apa.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
KJ Apa may have made a name for himself as Archie on “Riverdale,” but this hot young actor plays a less wholesome character in writer/director Kelly Blatz’s Prime drama “One Fast Move.”
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2024
About 90% of people with addiction never seek treatment mainly due to fear of judgment and shame, according to James Apa, communications director at Public Health — Seattle & King County.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
On some weekend mornings, not always, hardly even any, but some, Apa becomes the Blob.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
We will hold these puts as long as the weighted put-call ratio for APA remains on a sell signal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
And, like the ABA, the APA temporarily suspended its DEI standards in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Readers weigh in on the nascent construction boom, the Taylor rule, and the case for APA as a takeover target.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Oil stocks like APA Corp. and Marathon Petroleum were top S&P 500 performers in March, while old-school tech firms Dell and HPE rose about 10%.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
An elderly man who has no children receives the title LINGO, and a woman, the title APA prefixed to his or her former name.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
Younger, more progressive leaders were rising through the ranks of the A.P.A., and the activists sensed an opening.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
But, in 1972, the annual A.P.A. meeting featured a panel discussion titled “Psychiatry: Friend or Foe to Homosexuals?”
From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019
Post is part of a push to have the A.P.A. form a commission to revisit the Goldwater rule.
From The New Yorker ● May 15, 2017
Jacquie Hemmerdinger, from the A.P.A., recalls trying to get her 4-year old twin daughters into Dalton for kindergarten.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2013
In the rule given by the A.P.A. for the substitution of ed for t, lasht and imprest are given as examples.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
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