Pa

¹

abbreviation

Physics.

1. pascal; pascals.

Pa

²

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. protactinium.

pa

³

[pah, paw]

noun

Informal.

1. father.

PA

⁴

abbreviation

1. Palestinian Authority.

2. Parents' Association.

3. paying agent.

4. Pennsylvania (approved especially for use with zip code).

5. physician's assistant.

6. press agent.

7. public-address system.

Pa.

⁵

abbreviation

1. Pennsylvania.

p.a.

⁶

abbreviation

1. participial adjective.

2. per annum.

3. press agent.

P.A.

⁷

abbreviation

1. Parents' Association.

2. Insurance.,  particular average.

3. passenger agent.

4. post adjutant.

5. power of attorney.

6. press agent.

7. public-address system.

8. publicity agent.

9. purchasing agent.

PA

¹

abbreviation

1. Pennsylvania

2. personal appearance

3. personal assistant

4. military Post Adjutant

5. power of attorney

6. press agent

7. Press Association

8. banking private account

9. public-address system

10. publicity agent

11. Publishers Association

12. purchasing agent

13. insurance particular average

14. (in New Zealand) probationary assistant

15. Panama (international car registration)

pa

²

/ pɑː /

noun

1. a Māori village or settlement

2. history a Māori defensive position and settlement on a hilltop

3. to abandon city life in favour of rural life

Pa

³

symbol

1. protactinium

symbol

1. pascal

Pa.

⁴

abbreviation

1. Pennsylvania

pa

⁵

/ pɑː /

noun

1. an informal word for father

pa

⁶

abbreviation

1. Panama

p.a.

⁷

abbreviation

1. per annum

Word History and Origins

Origin of PA¹

Short for papa

Word History and Origins

Origin of PA¹

Māori

Origin of PA²

Latin: yearly

Example Sentences

MIDDLETOWN, Pa.—Forty-six years have passed since America’s worst nuclear accident, at Three Mile Island, jolted the country and created skepticism of nuclear energy.

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When industrialist Henry Frick moved to break the union at Carnegie’s Homestead, Pa., plant in July 1892, skilled workers resisted.

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In peacetime, it is a small town the size of Sarasota, Fla., or State College, Pa.

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Bridgeport, Conn.; and Scranton, Pa., according to a separate report by Intercontinental Exchange.

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On a late October Friday, he took the FBI private jet to State College, Pa., for a Real American Freestyle Wrestling event where his girlfriend, country music singer Alexis Wilkins, was performing the national anthem.

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Related Words

• ancestor 
• dad 
• parent 
• predecessor