Pai or PAI may refer to:
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Pai (surname)
Pai is a surname from coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Goa in India. It is found among Hindus of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community, especially of Madhwa Section following either Kashi Math or Gokarna Matha.
The name is also in use among some K ...
, Indian surname from coastal Karnataka and Goa plus people with the name
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Pai (Chinese surname), includes Chinese name origin, plus people with the name
Fictional characters
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Pai (Manga character) Pai or PAI may refer to:
People
* Pai (surname), Indian surname from coastal Karnataka and Goa plus people with the name
* Pai (Chinese surname), includes Chinese name origin, plus people with the name
Fictional characters
* Pai (Manga charact ...
, a character from "3x3 Eyes"
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Pie (Tokyo Mew Mew)
The ''Tokyo Mew Mew'' manga and anime series features a cast of characters designed by Mia Ikumi. The series takes place in Tokyo, Japan, where five adolescent girls, called Mew Mews, are infused with the DNA of endangered species to combat alien ...
, a villain from the manga and anime series ''Tokyo Mew Mew''
Places
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Pai, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province
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Pai, Thailand
Pai ( th, ปาย, Burmese: ပါယ်) is a small town in northern Thailand's Mae Hong Son Province, near the Myanmar border, about 146 km (91 mi) northwest of Chiang Mai on the northern route to Mae Hong Son. It lies on the Pai Riv ...
, a small town in Mae Hong Son Province
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Pai District, the district around the town
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Pai River
The Pai River (, ; ) is a river that originates in the mountains of the Daen Lao Range, Pai District, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand. The river flows first in a north-south direction and then in an east-west direction down to Mueang Mae Hong S ...
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Pai Airport
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Pai, Tank, a union council in Pakistan
Games
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Gwat Pai, Chinese dominoes set
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Zi pai
''Zi pai'' (; also ''pao fu zi'' or ''pao hu zhi'' [] in different dialects) are Chinese playing cards that are popular mainly in the southern part of Mainland China, especially in Hunan and Sichuan. It is also known as .
Description
These cards ...
, Chinese card game
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Pai Gow, Chinese gambling game
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Pai gow poker, Americanized version
Other uses
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Pai languages (Paipai, Walapai, Havasupai)
* Pai dialect of the
Northern Sotho
Northern Sotho, or as an endonym, is a Sotho-Tswana language spoken in the northeastern provinces of South Africa. It is sometimes referred to as or , its main dialect, through synecdoche.
According to the South African National Census of ...
language
* Pai (fish trap)
* "Pai", a 2016 song by Bad Gyal
Acronyms
* PAI Partners, a French private equity firm
* PAI (Personal Activity Intelligence), a fitness indicator developed by researcher Ulrik Wisløff
* Parachute Association of Ireland, a representative/regulatory body for skydivers in Ireland
* ''Parti Africain de l’Indépendance'' (African Independence Party), a former political party in Bourkina Faso
* PartnerAid International, a German-based Christian humanitarian organization
* Pathogenicity island, a distinct class of genomic island which is acquired by horizontal transfer
* Periodic annual increment
* Persatuan Arab Indonesia, an association of Arab Indonesians
* Personality Assessment Inventory, a test given by psychologists
* Photoacoustic imaging
* Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), a protein that inhibits fibrinolysis (breakdown of blood clots)
* Plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2), another protein that inhibits fibrinolysis
* ''Poalei Agudat Yisrael'', an Israeli political party
* ''Polizia dell'Africa Italiana'' (Italian African Police, Italian Police of Africa, police force in the Italian colonies
* Polyamide-imide, a thermoplastic polymer
* Polyatomic ion
* Population Action International
* Primary adrenal insufficiency (primary adrenocortical insufficiency), that is, Addison's disease, a rare endocrine disorder
*Public Accountability Initiative
See also
* Bae (surname)
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