Papa or PAPA may refer to:
- P, in the ICAO spelling alphabet
- Papa class submarine
- Pāpa, in Hinduism, the Sanskrit word for the concept of sin
- Papa is a word used in many languages as an affectionate term for father or, sometimes, grandfather
People:
- Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), nickname
- Bob Papa, American sportscaster
- Papa Bouba Diop (born 1978), a football (soccer) player from Senegal
- Rav Papa (?-375), a Babylonian Amora from the Talmud
- Papa (bishop) (3rd century), Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and a founding figure in the Church of the East
- Papa, a monk martyred with Abda and Abdjesus
- Emiliano Papa, Argentina footballer
- Salvatore Papa, Italian footballer
- Alfonso Papa, Italian politician
In mythology:
- Rangi and Papa, the primordial parents according to Māori mythology
In geography:
- Pápa, a town in Hungary
- Papa village (Samoa), a village on the island of Savai'i in Samoa
- Papa, Scotland, the name of various islands
In arts and popular culture:
- Papa (song), from the BBC drama Gideon's Daughter
- Papa (TV series), a South Korean drama
- Papa Lazarou, a fictional character from The League of Gentlemen
- Papa Roach, an American musical group
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, a popular song recorded by the Temptations
- Pa-Pa, a song by The Rasmus from Hell of a Tester
As an 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
Famous quotes containing the word papa:
“she in the kitchen
aproned young and lovely wanting my baby
and so happy about me she burns the roast beef
and comes crying to me and I get up from my big papa chair
saying Christmas teeth! Radiant brains! Apple deaf!”
—Gregory Corso (b. 1930)
“Why should the generations overlap one another at all? Why cannot we be buried as eggs in neat little cells with ten or twenty thousand pounds each wrapped round us in Bank of England notes, and wake up, as the Sphinx wasp does, to find that its papa and mamma have not only left ample provision at its elbow but have been eaten by sparrows some weeks before we began to live consciously on our own accounts?”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“Why is it every careerist tries to turn his mother into a Madonna—to prove his intellect is a virgin birth, papa had nothing to do with it? It’s the sign of the misogynist.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)