Papa
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Papa can refer to:
- affectionate for father in Latin and various Romance languages
- hence, Pope in various languages
- also, Papar (Culdees), Irish monks
- many languages (often unrelated) have words with labial consonants and open vowels as their word for "father" and "mother"; /papa/ is just one example. A discussion of this phenomenon can be found in the article Mama and papa.
- some people also refer to their grandfathers as "papa".
- P in the NATO phonetic alphabet
- Papa class submarine
- pāpa in Sanskrit, the concept of sin in Hinduism
- Potato in Spanish, in some dialects slang for "food"
people:
- Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), nickname
- Nick "Papa" Kho, former professional pick-up artist and part owner in the pick-up and seduction company Real Social Dynamics
- Papa Bouba Diop (born 1978), a football (soccer) player from Senegal.
- Rav Papa (?-375), a Babylonian Amora from the Talmud
- Papa, a monk martyred with Abda and Abdjesus
- François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, former President of Haiti.
in music:
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, a song by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for The Undisputed Truth, famously covered by The Temptations in 1973.
- Papa Don't Preach, a song by Madonna from her 1986 album True Blue.
- Pa-Pa, a song by Finnish band The Rasmus from their album Hell of a Tester from 1998.
in mythology:
- Rangi and Papa, the primordial parents according to Māori mythology
in geography:
- Pápa, a town in Hungary
- Papa, Scotland, the name of various islands, including Papa Stour
in arts and popular culture:
- Papa (TV series), a South Korean drama
- Papa Lazarou, a fictional character from The League of Gentlemen.
- Papa (song), from the popular BBC film/Tv Film Gideon's Daughter.
In cuisine:
- Papa (Lesotho), a staple food in Lesotho
acronyms:
[edit] See also
- Papar, Sabah, town located in east Malaysia on the island of Borneo.
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