Papa

• 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
• a famous skateboard created in a small town in Florida - designed by Ramsey, Ryan and Tucker
• Papa class submarine
• pāpa in Sanskrit, the concept of sin in Hinduism

people:

• Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), nickname
• Bob Papa, American sportscaster
• François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, former President of Haiti
• Papa Bouba Diop (born 1978), a football (soccer) player from Senegal
• Rav Papa (?-375), a Babylonian Amora from the Talmud
• Nick "Papa" Kho, former professional pick-up artist and part owner in the pick-up and seduction company Real Social Dynamics
• Papa, a monk martyred with Abda and Abdjesus

in music:

• Pa-Pa, a song by Finnish band The Rasmus from their album Hell of a Tester from 1998
• Papa Don't Preach, a song by Madonna from her 1986 album True Blue
• 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

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 Lazarou, a fictional character from The League of Gentlemen
• Papa (song), from the popular BBC film/Tv Film Gideon's Daughter
• Papa (TV series), a South Korean drama

In cuisine:

• Papa (Lesotho), a staple food in Lesotho

acronyms:

• Professional and Amateur Pinball Association
• Parallax Aircraft Parking Aid, a device that indicates where pilots should stop in a stand

See also

• Papar, Sabah, town located in east Malaysia on the island of Borneo