1. An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
   - dad, dada, daddy, papa, pappa, pop, poppa [N. Amer]

1. A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
   - pascal 
2. A short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
   - protactinium, protoactinium, atomic number 91

1. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
   - Pennsylvania, Keystone State 
2. An electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas
   - public address system, P.A. system, PA system, P.A.

1. By the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received)
   - per annum, per year, each year, annually

Sounds like: par, parr

Derived forms: Pas

Type of: American state, begetter, communication system, father, male parent, metal, metallic element, pressure unit

Part of: America, Mid-Atlantic states, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: PA

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