apa

¹ American  

[uh-pah] / əˈpɑ /

noun

1. a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.

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Apa ² American  

[ah-pah] / ˈɑ pɑ /

noun

1. a river in central South America that flows W along the E Paraguay-SW Brazil border to the Paraguay River. about 125 miles (200 km) long.

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APA ³ American  

1. American Psychiatric Association.

2. American Psychological Association.

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A.P.A. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. American Philological Association.

2. American Protective Association.

3. American Protestant Association.

4. American Psychiatric Association.

5. American Psychological Association.

6. Associate in Public Administration.

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Etymology

Origin of apa

From Tupi

Example Sentences

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

Culbecu, culbecu, Sc�te corne boeresci Si te du la Dunare Si b� apa tulbure.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

The Malays of that district have a flat pronunciation; they say apé for apa— Orang Malayu negri itu leper chakap, handak kata apa di-kata-nia apé.

From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Maxwell, William Edward, Sir