Papa Class SSGN

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

Papa or PAPA may refer to:

Geography and geology

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

People

*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

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, the letter "P" in the NATO and ICAO phonetic 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"
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* Papas or Pappas, a common Greek surname
* Pappa, a Roman town, also called Tiberiopolis
* Paw Paw (disambiguation)

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