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Origin of pa

short for papa

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Words related to pa

publicist, dad, papa, parent, predecessor, ancestor, pop, daddy, origin, sire, source, progenitor, padre, begetter, pappy, procreator

Example sentences from the Web for pa

• No one was prepared to hear what the ships captain told them over the PA system.

  Inside the Cruise Ship Quarantined Over Ebola Fear |Carol McKinley |October 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

• Did you have to intern and PA on a lot of films before breaking through?

  Octavia Spencer on Hollywood and Race: The Film Roles I’m Offered Are Too Small |Marlow Stern |July 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

• Charles raised a quizzical eyebrow and it fell to his son to tell him, "Pa, you should be pleased!"

  William Tells Dad, "You're Buff, Pa!" |Tom Sykes |July 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

• “The war goes on,” Tha U Wa A Pa the leader of the Free Burma Rangers, tells me from deep within the Burmese jungle.

  Myanmar’s Free Burma Rangers Are Like Doctors Without Borders…With Guns |James Griffiths |April 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

• I read your first film work was behind-the-scenes, though, working as a PA on the sets of The Constant Gardener and The Namesake.

  Lupita Nyong’o On Her Magical Journey from Kenya to ‘12 Years A Slave’ and Possible Oscar Glory |Marlow Stern |February 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

• He just looked calm, and as grandpa went right on talkin', it would have been interruptin' if my pa did say anything.

  Mitch Miller |Edgar Lee Masters

• Here, she quite forgot that it was Pa's turn to make the responses, and clung to his neck.

  Our Mutual Friend |Charles Dickens

• Pa'dners is pa'dners, an'—me an' yo'—somehow—I cain't jes' say it—but—anyways—Why!

  Connie Morgan in Alaska |James B. Hendryx

• I shall be back by a reasonable hour, Pa,—and so will you, I should hope.

  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 |Various

• Well, I shall have to go and get that vaseline or Pa's legs will suffer.

  Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa |George W. Peck

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Word Origin for pa

Māori

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Word Origin for p.a.

Latin: yearly

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