pa \pa\ paum, n.
   a shortened form of papa.
   1913 webster
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papa 

p.a.
     n : an electronic amplification system used as a communication
         system in public areas syn: public address system, p.a.
         system, pa system, pa
     adv : by the year; every year usually with reference to a sum of
           money paid or received; "he earned $100,000 per
           annum"; "we issue six volumes per annum" syn: per
           annum, per year, each year, annually
see also:
public address system p.a. system pa system pa per annum per year 
each year annually 

pa
     n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby
          talk syn: dad, dada, daddy, papa, pappa, pater,
           pop
     2: a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from
        uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into
        lead syn: protactinium, protoactinium, atomic number
        91
     3: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
        syn: pascal
     4: a mid-atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies syn:
        pennsylvania, keystone state
     5: an electronic amplification system used as a communication
        system in public areas syn: public address system, p.a.
        system, pa system, p.a.
see also:
dad dada daddy papa pappa pater 
pop protactinium protoactinium atomic number 91 pascal 
pennsylvania keystone state public address system p.a. system pa system 
p.a. 

19 moby thesaurus words for "pa":
   abba, dad, daddy, father, foster father, genitor, governor,
   old man, pap, papa, pappy, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, pop,
   pops, sire, stepfather, the old man

45 moby thesaurus words for "pa":
   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

pa
     precision architecture hp
     
     

pa
     
         the country code for panama.
     
        1999-01-27
     
     
see also:
country code