Pipas

	Pipas Pipas may refer to: The plural of pipa The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets rangi ..., a Chinese stringed instrument A Mediterranean surname, also spelled Bibas ** James Pipas, American virologist * Pipas Bay, a bay in Angola See also * Pipa (other) {{dab, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pipa The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12 to 31. Another Chinese four-string plucked lute is the liuqin, which looks like a smaller version of the pipa. The pear-shaped instrument may have existed in China as early as the Han dynasty, and although historically the term ''pipa'' was once used to refer to a variety of plucked chordophones, its usage since the Song dynasty refers exclusively to the pear-shaped instrument. The pipa is one of the most popular Chinese instruments and has been played for almost two thousand years in China. Several related instruments are derived from the pipa, including the Japanese biwa and Korean bipa in East Asia, and the Vietnamese đàn tỳ bà in Southeast Asia. The Korean instrument is the only one of the three that is no longer wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bibas Bibas or Peppas (; ; ) is a Greek surname derived from the word παππάς or παπάς, meaning priest. The surname is used in Greece and various places in the Mediterranean, such as in Libya and in Israel. In Israel, the surname exists with Jewish families of Greek origin. In Libya, due to the influence of Greek in the local dialect, persons are sometimes nicknamed ''Bibas'', owing largely to their similarity in appearance to the "peppas," the so-called Christian priests. The name has, therefore, become a surname used by extended families, including by some residents in Janzur, as also used in other places in Libya, as well as in Tunisia and Algeria. A community of expatriates with the surname currently reside in the United States. People with the surname Notable people with the surname include: * Christos Peppas * Haim Bibas * James Pipas, American virologist * June Peppas * Nicholas A. Peppas * Stephanos Bibas Stephanos Bibas (born June 18, 1969) is an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Pipas James M. Pipas is an American molecular virologist. He currently holds the Herbert W. and Grace Boyer Chair in Molecular Biology at the University of Pittsburgh. Pipas is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, and completed his Ph.D. in molecular biophysics at Florida State University in 1975, under the supervision of Robert H. Reeves. After postdoctoral research at Baylor College with John H. Wilson, and at Johns Hopkins University with Daniel Nathans Daniel Nathans (October 30, 1928 – November 16, 1999) was an American microbiologist. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping. Early life ..., he joined the University of Pittsburgh faculty in 1980. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Southern Mississippi alumni Florida State University alumni University of Pittsburgh faculty 21st-century American biologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pipas Bay Pipas Bay () is a bay in Angola. It is located in the Namibe Province, 30 km north of Moçâmedes. Geography Pipas Bay is an open bay of the South Atlantic Ocean. The bay is facing west, with the ''Ponta da Baia'' headland at the southwestern end and the ''Praia das Salinas'' beach stretching north towards the northern end of the bay. The small settlement of Pipas is located near the shore. See also * Geography of Angola Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ... References Bays of the Atlantic Ocean Bays of Angola {{angola-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]