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PA
abbr.
1. or Pa. Pennsylvania
2. or p.a. per annum
3. physician assistant
4. or P/A power of attorney
5. press agent
6. production assistant
7. prosecuting attorney
8. public-address system
Pa 1
The symbol for protactinium.
Pa 2
abbr.
pascal
pa
(pä)n. Informal
Father; papa.
[Short for papa.]
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pa
(pɑː)n
an informal word for father
pa
(pɑː) orpah
n
1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a Māori village or settlement
2. (Historical Terms) history a Māori defensive position and settlement on a hilltop
3. (Anthropology & Ethnology) history a Māori defensive position and settlement on a hilltop
4. go back to the pa to abandon city life in favour of rural life
[Māori]
pa
the internet domain name for
(Computer Science) Panama
Pa
the chemical symbol for
(Elements & Compounds) protactinium
symbol for
(Units) pascal
PA
abbreviation for
1. (Placename) Pennsylvania
2. personal appearance
3. (Commerce) personal assistant
4. (Military) military Post Adjutant
5. (Law) power of attorney
6. (Journalism & Publishing) press agent
7. (Journalism & Publishing) Press Association
8. (Banking & Finance) banking private account
9. (Communications & Information) public-address system
10. (Professions) publicity agent
11. (Journalism & Publishing) Publishers Association
12. purchasing agent
13. (Insurance) insurance particular average
14. (in New Zealand) probationary assistant
15. (Automotive Engineering) Panama (international car registration)
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pa
(pɑ, pɔ)n. Informal.
father.
[1810–20; short for papa]
PA
1. Parents' Association.
2. paying agent.
3. Pennsylvania.
4. physician's assistant.
5. press agent.
6. public-address system.
Pa
pascal.
Pa
Chem. Symbol.
protactinium.
Pa.
Pennsylvania.
P.A.
1. Parents' Association.
2. post adjutant.
3. power of attorney.
4. press agent.
5. public-address system.
6. purchasing agent.
p.a.
1. per annum.
2. press agent.
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Pa
The symbol for protactinium.
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Noun | 1. | pa - an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk begetter, father, male parent - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta" |
2. | Pa - a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. | |
3. | Pa - a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter pressure unit - a unit measuring force per unit area | |
4. | PA - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg - a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Mid-Atlantic states - a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland Allentown - a city in eastern Pennsylvania; an industrial and commercial center Altoona - a town in central Pennsylvania Bethlehem - a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production Erie - a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania Gettysburg - a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery capital of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg - capital of Pennsylvania; located in southern part of state Chester - a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia) City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia - the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania Pittsburgh - a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains - the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia Allegheny, Allegheny River - a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains - a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia Lehigh River - a river in eastern Pennsylvania that flows southeast into the Delaware River Monongahela, Monongahela River - a river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River Susquehanna, Susquehanna River - a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay | |
5. | PA - an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas amplifier - electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it communication system - a system for communicating loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, speaker system, speaker unit, speaker - electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance tannoy - a loudspeaker |
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Translations
osobní tajemník
højtaleranlæg
yksityissihteeri
tajnik
個人秘書
비서
personlig assistent
ตัวย่อของผู้ช่วยส่วนตัว
Trợ lý Riêng
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→ مُسَاعِدٌ شَخْصِيّ osobní tajemník højtaleranlæg persönlicher Assistent προσωπικός βοηθός secretaria personal, secretario personal yksityissihteeri secrétaire de direction tajnik assistente personale 個人秘書 비서 persoonlijke assistent privatsekretær sekretarz osobisty assistente pessoal личный секретарь personlig assistent ตัวย่อของผู้ช่วยส่วนตัว kişisel asistan Trợ lý Riêng 私人助理Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009