Papa

Template:Pp Template:Sister project Papa is a word used in many languages as an affectionate term for father.

Papa or PAPA may refer to:

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Geography and geology

• Papa, Samoa, a village on the island of Savai'i
• Papa, Scotland, various islands
• Pápa, a town in Hungary
• Papa rock, a Māori-derived term for a blue-grey mudstone common in New Zealand

People

• Papa, Talmudic era Babylonia Rabbi
• Papa (Latin for Pope), the bishop of Rome and leader of Catholic Church
• Papa bar Aggai (3rd century), Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and a founding figure in the Church of the East
• Papa, a monk martyred with Abda and Abdisho
• Papa (nickname), a list of people
• Papa (surname)

Mythology

• Rangi and Papa, the primordial parents according to Māori mythology
• Papa (mythology), the earth goddess in Cook Islands mythology
• A category of Karma in Jainism

Arts and entertainment

• Papa (TV series), a 1996 South Korean drama series
• Papa (2012 Egyptian film), a 2012 Egyptian drama film
• Papa (2012 South Korean film), a 2012 South Korean comedy-drama film
• Papa: Hemingway in Cuba, a 2015 Canadian-American biographical film about Ernest Hemingway and shot in Cuba
• Papa (2016 film), a Chinese comedy-drama film
• Papa (2018 film), an American drama film
• Papa (2024 film), a Hong Kong family drama film

Music

• "Papa" (song), from the BBC drama Gideon's Daughter
• "Papa" (Prince song), a 1994 song from Come by Prince
• "Pa-Pa", a song from Hell of a Tester by The Rasmus

Acronym

• British Amateur Press Association (comics fandom), an amateur press association which first published under the name PAPA
• Professional and Amateur Pinball Association
• Parallax Aircraft Parking Aid, a device that indicates where pilots should stop in a stand

Other uses

• PAPA syndrome, a genetic disorder in humans
• Papa, the letter "P" in the NATO and ICAO phonetic alphabets
• Papa-class Soviet submarines, the sole member being Soviet submarine K-222
• {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, the Spanish word for potato, used in the names of numerous Latin American potato-based dishes
• Station P, an oceanographic measure station often called Station Papa

See also

• Mama and papa, in linguistics, a commonly seen sequence of sounds meaning "mother" and "father"
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• Papas or Pappas, a common Greek surname
• Pappa, a Roman town, also called Tiberiopolis
• Paw Paw (disambiguation)