Papa is a word used in many languages as an affectionate term for father or grandfather.

Papa or PAPA may refer to:

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
  • Pāpa, a concept associated with sins in Hinduism and other Indian religions

Arts and entertainment

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  • 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 <em>P</em> in the NATO and ICAO phonetic alphabets, as well as other spelling alphabets
  • Papa-class Soviet submarines, the sole member being Soviet submarine K-222
  • , 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"
  • Papas or Pappas, a common Greek surname
  • Pappa, a Roman town, also called Tiberiopolis
  • Paw Paw (disambiguation)