PA

PA

1. (metrology) Symbol for petaampere, an SI unit of electrical current equal to 10¹⁵ amperes.

PA

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Panama.

   Synonym: PAN (alpha-3)

PA

1. (postal) Abbreviation of Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
   • 1979 August 3, Talking Heads, “Life During Wartime”, in Fear of Music:

     Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit? / Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?

2. Abbreviation of Papua: a province of Indonesia.
3. Abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil.
4. Initialism of Palestinian Authority.
   • 2023 November 27, Patrick Wintour, “Hamas cannot continue to rule Gaza, says EU foreign affairs chief”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

5. (linguistics) 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. (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian).
7. (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan.
8. Initialism of Prince Albert: a city in Saskatchewan, Canada.

PA (countable and uncountable, plural PAs)

1. Initialism of public address.
   • 2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 13, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation‎^[2], 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 242:

     “Shuttle sensors detect no communications, heat signatures out of the ordinary, or other signals,” SAM-E said over the shuttle’s PA.

2. Initialism of production assistant.
3. Initialism of personal assistant.
   • 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6:

     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.

4. Initialism of personal appearance (when a celebrity visits a public event).
5. Initialism of power amplifier.
6. Initialism of Prince Albert (“genital piercing”).
7. Initialism of public accountant.
8. (law) Initialism of public act.
9. (medicine) Initialism of physician assistant.
10. (medicine) Initialism of physician associate.
11. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyamide.
12. (chemistry) Initialism of pyrrolizidine alkaloid.
13. Initialism of Peano arithmetic.
14. (anatomy) Initialism of pulmonary artery.
15. (Manitoba, Saskatchewan) Initialism of Parental Accompaniment.
16. Initialism of precision agriculture.
17. (American football, fantasy football) Initialism of points against.

    Coordinate term: PF

    • 2022 December 14, “NFL Playoff picture Week 15: Are the New York Giants still in contention for the postseason?”, in Sportskeeda‎^[3], archived from the original on 17 December 2022:

      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.

• PA speaker

PA (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Initialism of posteroanterior.

   Alternative form: P-A

   Coordinate term: AP (“anteroposterior”)

PA

1. Initialism of per annum.

   an interest rate of 3% PA

• A&P, AP, Ap, ap, ap.

PA

1. alternative spelling of peeaa

PA m (plural PA)

1. CV (“aircraft carrier”); initialism of porte-avions

   Coordinate terms: PHA, PHI, BPC, PH

• AP

From English PA.

• (Tokyo) ピーエー [pìíéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [pʲiːe̞ː]

PA(ピーエー) • (pī-ē) 

1. PA system; public address system

• PA(ピーエー)システム (pī-ē shisutemu)
• PA(ピーエー)ブース (pī-ē būsu)

PA m

1. abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil

PA f (plural PA)

1. (medicine) initialism of presión arterial
2. (biology) initialism of potencial de acción

PA c

1. initialism of personal assistant (“personal assistant”)

   Kontakta min PA så kan de boka in en tid för mötet.

   Contact my personal assistant and they will book a time for the meeting.

• personlig assistent (“unlicensed assistive personnel”)