Papa is a word used in many languages as an affectionate term for father. Papa or PAPA may refer to:

Geography and geology

Pápa Pápa is a historical town in Veszprém county, Hungary, located close to the northern edge of the Bakony Hills, and noted for its baroque architecture. With its 32,473 inhabitants (2011), it is the cultural, economic and tourism centre of the r ...

, 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 Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. Mudstone is distinguished from ''shale'' by its lack of fissility (parallel layering).Blatt, H., and R.J. Tracy, 1996, ''Petrology.'' ...

common in New Zealand

People

*Papa (Latin for ''

Pope The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...

''), the bishop of Rome and leader of Catholic Church *

Papa bar Aggai Papa bar Aggai (died c. 327/328) was Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the capital of Sassanid Persia, in the late 3rd and early 4th century. An important figure in the early history of the Church of the East, he was first in the generally recognized ...

(3rd century), Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and a founding figure in the Church of the East *Papa, a monk martyred with

Abda and Abdisho Abdisho and Abda were two successive bishops of Kashkar who were martyred along with 38 companions in 376 during the Forty-Year Persecution in the Sasanian Empire. Accused by his nephew of being a spy for the Roman Empire, Abdisho was arrested ...

* Papa (nickname), a list of people * Papa (surname)

Mythology

Rangi and Papa In Māori mythology the primal couple Rangi and Papa (or Ranginui and Papatūānuku) appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world (though there are many different versions). In some South Island dialects, Rangi is called Raki or Ra ...

, the primordial parents according to Māori mythology *

Papa (mythology) In Cook Islands mythology of the southern Cook Islands group, the earth goddess Papa was created when Varima-te-takere, the primordial mother goddess, plucked her out from the left side of her body. Papa married her brother, the sky god Vatea ...

, the earth goddess in Cook Islands mythology * A category of

Karma in Jainism Karma is the basic principle within an overarching psycho-cosmology in Jainism. Human moral actions form the basis of the transmigration of the soul ('). The soul is constrained to a cycle of rebirth, trapped within the temporal world ('), u ...

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 ''Hell of a Tester'' (sometimes written Hellofatester) is the third studio album by The Rasmus, then called Rasmus. It was released in 1998 by Warner Music and received Gold status in Finland. The most popular single was ''Liquid'', which was rel ...

'' by The Rasmus

Acronym

British Amateur Press Association (comics fandom) The British Amateur Press Association was an amateur press association created by comics fans in late 1977, following a proposal from Phil Greenaway in the letter pages of the comics fanzine '' BEM''; the first mailing (under the name ''PAPA'', ...

, an amateur press association which first published under the name PAPA *

Professional and Amateur Pinball Association The Professional and Amateur Pinball Association (PAPA) is an organization supporting the game of pinball as a recreational and competitive sport. PAPA is currently a brand owned and operated by the Replay Foundation and is based in the Pittsburg ...

Parallax Aircraft Parking Aid A stand guidance system is a system which gives information to a pilot attempting to park an aircraft at an airport stand, usually via visual methods, leading to the term ''Visual Docking Guidance System'' (VDGS) and also ''A-VDGS'' (the A standing ...

, 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