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Papa is a word used in many languages as an affectionate term for father.
Papa or PAPA may refer to:
Geography and geology
[edit | edit source]- Papa, Samoa, a village on the island of Savai'i
- Papa, Scotland, various islands
- Pápa, a town in Hungary
- Papa rock, a Māori-derived term for a blue-grey mudstone common in New Zealand
People
[edit | edit source]- Papa, Talmudic era Babylonia Rabbi
- Papa (Latin for Pope), the bishop of Rome and leader of Catholic Church
- Papa bar Aggai (3rd century), Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and a founding figure in the Church of the East
- Papa, a monk martyred with Abda and Abdisho
- Papa (nickname), a list of people
- Papa (surname)
Mythology
[edit | edit source]- Rangi and Papa, the primordial parents according to Māori mythology
- Papa (mythology), the earth goddess in Cook Islands mythology
- A category of Karma in Jainism
Arts and entertainment
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- Papa (TV series), a 1996 South Korean drama series
- Papa (2012 Egyptian film), a 2012 Egyptian drama film
- Papa (2012 South Korean film), a 2012 South Korean comedy-drama film
- Papa: Hemingway in Cuba, a 2015 Canadian-American biographical film about Ernest Hemingway and shot in Cuba
- Papa (2016 film), a Chinese comedy-drama film
- Papa (2018 film), an American drama film
- Papa (2024 film), a Hong Kong family drama film
Music
[edit | edit source]- "Papa" (song), from the BBC drama Gideon's Daughter
- "Papa" (Prince song), a 1994 song from Come by Prince
- "Pa-Pa", a song from Hell of a Tester by The Rasmus
Acronym
[edit | edit source]- British Amateur Press Association (comics fandom), an amateur press association which first published under the name PAPA
- Professional and Amateur Pinball Association
- Parallax Aircraft Parking Aid, a device that indicates where pilots should stop in a stand
Other uses
[edit | edit source]- PAPA syndrome, a genetic disorder in humans
- Papa, the letter "P" in the NATO and ICAO phonetic alphabets
- Papa-class Soviet submarines, the sole member being Soviet submarine K-222
- Papa, the Spanish word for potato, used in the names of numerous Latin American potato-based dishes
- Station P, an oceanographic measure station often called Station Papa
See also
[edit | edit source]- Mama and papa, in linguistics, a commonly seen sequence of sounds meaning "mother" and "father"
- All pages with titles beginning with Papa
- All pages with titles containing Papa
- Papas or Pappas, a common Greek surname
- Pappa, a Roman town, also called Tiberiopolis
- Paw Paw (disambiguation)
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