Papa 95457 221467903 2008-06-24T17:05:17Z 66.177.86.195 '''Papa''' can refer to: {{wiktionary}} * affectionate for [[father]] in Latin and various [[Romance languages]] ** hence, [[Pope]] in various languages ** also, [[Papar]] ([[Culdee]]s), Irish monks ** many languages (often unrelated) have words with labial consonants and open vowels as their word for "father" and "mother"; {{IPA|/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 [[grandfather]]s as "papa". * [[P]] in the [[NATO phonetic alphabet]] * a famous skateboard created in a small town in Florida * [[Papa class submarine]] * [[Sin#Hindu views of sin|pāpa]] in Sanskrit, the concept of sin in Hinduism people: * [[Ernest Hemingway]] (1899–1961), nickname * [[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 Duvalier|François "Papa Doc" Duvalier]], former President of Haiti * [[Real Social Dynamics | Nick "Papa" Kho]], former professional pick-up artist and part owner in the pick-up and seduction company [[Real Social Dynamics]] 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: * [[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 {{disambig}} [[bs:Papa (višeznačni čvor)]] [[da:Papa]] [[de:Papa (Begriffsklärung)]] [[es:Papa (desambiguación)]] [[fr:Papa]] [[it:Papa (disambigua)]] [[ja:パパ]] [[nl:Papa]] [[pt:Papa (desambiguação)]] [[sv:Papa]]