PA

Initialism of posteroanterior.

Adjective

  1. Initialism of posteroanterior.

    Coordinate Terms: AP

    Related: P-A

Proper noun

  1. 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 of Papua: a province of Indonesia.
  3. Abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil.
  4. Initialism of Palestinian Authority.
    • 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...
    • 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...
  5. 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. Initialism of Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian).
  7. Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan.
  8. Initialism of Prince Albert: a city in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Noun

  1. 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:...
  2. Initialism of production assistant.
  3. 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...
  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. Initialism of public act.
  9. Initialism of physician assistant.
  10. Initialism of physician associate.
  11. Initialism of polyamide.
  12. Initialism of pyrrolizidine alkaloid.

Forms

PAs

Derived

PA cage PA speaker

Phrase

  1. Initialism of per annum.
    • an interest rate of 3% PA