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apa

apa noun: a title used for male clergy or saints in the Coptic Church.

Noun (1)

apa (plural apas)

  1. A title used for male clergy or saints in the Coptic Church.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: APA

APA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of American pale ale.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of American Plywood Association.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of American Psychiatric Association.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of American Psychological Association.
    • He concluded by firing at the APA for "going downhill for some time." On April 22, he wrote an article for Psychology Today that discussed APA guidelines and criticized the organization for compromising "both scientists and practitioners."2021 May 14, Julia Marnin, “Neuroscience Professor Removed From APA Discussion After Saying There Are Only Two Sexes”, in Newsweek
  5. (abbreviation, historical, initialism) Initialism of American Protective Association: an anti-Catholic secret society established in 1887 by American Protestants.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Americanist Phonetic Alphabet.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Administrative Procedure Act.
    • The complaint asserts ultra vires, Tenth Amendment, and APA claims, all primarily based on the allegation that Defendants unlawfully called into federal service members of the California National Guard.2025 June 19, “Gavin Newsom v. Donald J. Trump”, in United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, page 7

Noun (2) capitalized: APA

APA (plural APAs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of asset purchase agreement.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of assistant prosecuting attorney.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of amateur press association.
  4. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Asian or Pacific American.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Apa

Apa

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Aba (Ngawa).
    • In August 1935, the Red Army continued to march north in two columns — the right led by the Central Committee of the Party and Comrade Mao Tsetung; the left by Chu Teh, Chang Kuo-tao and Liu Po-cheng. However, when the left column reached Apa (now in the Apa Tibetan Autonomous Chou in Szechuan)...1972, Chen Chang-feng [陳昌奉], “About the Long March”, in On the Long March with Chairman Mao [跟随毛主席长征], 2nd edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 119
    • The road between Maowen and Peichuan counties was opened to traffic on 30 December, 1973. The "Maopei" road runs (east) from the county town of Maowen in Apa Tibetan Autonomous Chou to Peichuan County in Mienyang special district, and is over 110 km long.1974 March 27 [1974 February 23], “New Road in Szechwan”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, number 60, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengtu Szechwan Provincial...

apa meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

apa in Hindi

ए. पी. ए

apa in Urdu

اے پی اے

apa in Bengali

এ. পি. এ, এপিএ

apa in Malayalam

എ. പി. എ, എപിഎ
More languagesFewer languages
apa in Kannada
ಎಪಿಎ
apa in Punjabi
ਏ. ਪੀ. ਏ, ਏਪੀਏ
apa in Gujarati
એ. પી. એ, એપીએ, એ. પિ. એ
apa in Odia
ଏ. ପି. ଏ

Forms of apa

pluralapas
pluralAPAs

Plural of apa: apas

Origin of apa

From Coptic ⲁⲡⲁ (apa).

From Mandarin 阿壩 /阿坝 (Ābà) Wade–Giles romanization: A¹-pa⁴.

Words formed from apa

Questions about apa

What does apa mean?
Apa means a title used for male clergy or saints in the Coptic Church.
What is apa in Hindi?
Apa in Hindi is ए. पी. ए. See Apa meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is apa?
Apa can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of apa?
The plural of apa is apas.

Words near apa in the dictionary

  1. Ap Ma
  2. ap't
  3. ap'ts
  4. ap-
  5. ap.
  6. apa
  7. Apa Tani
  8. Apabhramsa
  9. Apabhramsha
  10. APAC
  11. apace

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: apa (page history and authors); APA (page history and authors); Apa (page history and authors); apa (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apa (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apa (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apa (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apa (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apa (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apa (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apa (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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