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PA en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of posteroanterior.

Coordinates

AP

Relateds

P-A

Source: en.wiktionary, “PA” (adj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

PA en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of public address.
    • “Shuttle sensors detect no communications, heat signatures out of the ordinary, or other signals,” SAM-E said over the shuttle’s PA. 2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 13, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 242:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of production assistant.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of personal assistant.
    • Jen: Douglas has asked me to be his PA. Moss: Oh. My. God! Well, that is something and a half. His PA? How... Whoa! His PA... Shut up! His PA! Jen: It means "personal assistant". Moss: Thank you. Right, OK. 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of personal appearance (when a celebrity visits a public event).
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of power amplifier.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Prince Albert (“genital piercing”).
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of public accountant.
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of public act.
    alt of public act
  9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of physician assistant.
  10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of physician associate.
  11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of polyamide.
    alt of polyamide
  12. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of pyrrolizidine alkaloid.
  13. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Peano arithmetic.
  14. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of pulmonary artery.
  15. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Saskatchewan, uncountable) Initialism of Parental Accompaniment.
  16. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of precision agriculture.
  17. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of points against.
    • Coordinate term: PF
    • The Giants and Commanders have the same record after 13 games each. However, Washington has control of third place in the NFC East due to a better PF/PA record in comparison to the Giants. 2022 December 14, “NFL Playoff picture Week 15: Are the New York Giants still in contention for the postseason?”, in Sportskeeda, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2022:

Forms

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PAs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

PA speaker · PA cage

Source: en.wiktionary, “PA” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

PA en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, qualifier:postal) Abbreviation of Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
    • Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit? / Heard about Pittsburgh, PA? 1979 August 3, Talking Heads, “Life During Wartime”, in Fear of Music:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Papua: a province of Indonesia.
    alt of Papua
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil.
    alt of Pará
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Palestinian Authority.
    • He believes that the PA is more entrenched inside Gaza than recognised, saying that, despite being ejected from Gaza as a political and security force in 2007, the PA was still delivering many public services including health and schools in Gaza. 2023 November 27, Patrick Wintour, “Hamas cannot continue to rule Gaza, says EU foreign affairs chief”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • The European Union was more restrained in its support, on the grounds that it would be preferable for Israel to negotiate its withdrawal as part of an agreement with the PA. The PA and Arab governments criticized Sharon for planning to act without consulting them. 2009, Rafael Medoff, Chaim I. Waxman, The A to Z of Zionism, →ISBN, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2023, page 64:
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Proto-Algonquian (sometimes abbreviated PAn to distinguish it from Proto-Algic, but usually just abbreviated PA with Proto-Algic being abbreviated PAc).
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian).
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan.
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Prince Albert: a city in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Source: en.wiktionary, “PA” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

PA en · X

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of per annum.
    alt of per annum
    • an interest rate of 3% PA