Definition of "PA"

PA

proper noun
1. Abbreviation of Pennsylvania, a state of the United States of America.
  Quotations
  Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit? / Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?
  1979 August 3, Talking Heads (lyrics and music), “Life During Wartime”, in Fear of Music
2. Abbreviation of Papua, a province of Indonesia.
3. Abbreviation of Pará, a state of Brazil.
4. Initialism of Palestinian Authority.
  Quotations
  He believes that the PA is more entrenched inside Gaza than recognised, saying that, despite being ejected from Gaza as a political and security force in 2007, the PA was still delivering many public services including health and schools in Gaza.
  2023 November 27, Patrick Wintour, “Hamas cannot continue to rule Gaza, says EU foreign affairs chief”, in The Guardian‎
5. (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Algonquian. (sometimes abbreviated PAn to distinguish it from Proto-Algic, but usually just abbreviated PA with Proto-Algic being abbreviated PAc)
6. (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Algic. (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian)
7. (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Athapaskan.
8. Initialism of Prince Albert (“Saskatchewan city”).
noun
countable and uncountable, plural PAs
1. Initialism of public address.
2. Initialism of personal assistant.
  Quotations
  Jen: Douglas has asked me to be his PA.Moss: Oh. My. God! Well, that is something and a half. His PA? How... Whoa! His PA... Shut up! His PA!Jen: It means "personal assistant".Moss: Thank you. Right, OK.
  2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6
3. Initialism of personal appearance. (when a celebrity visits a public event)
4. Initialism of power amplifier.
5. Initialism of Prince Albert (“genital piercing”).
6. Initialism of public accountant.
7. (law) Initialism of public act.
8. (medicine) Initialism of physician assistant.
9. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyamide.
10. (chemistry) Initialism of pyrrolizidine alkaloid.
11. Initialism of Peano arithmetic.
12. (anatomy) Initialism of pulmonary artery.
13. (Manitoba, Saskatchewan) Initialism of Parental Accompaniment.
14. Initialism of precision agriculture.
15. (American football, fantasy football) Initialism of points against.
  Quotations
  The Giants and Commanders have the same record after 13 games each. However, Washington has control of third place in the NFC East due to a better PF/PA record in comparison to the Giants.
  2022 December 14, “NFL Playoff picture Week 15: Are the New York Giants still in contention for the postseason?”, in Sportskeeda‎, archived from the original on 2022-12-17
adjective
not comparable
1. (medicine) Initialism of posteroanterior.
phrase
1. Initialism of per annum.