PHA

PHA may mean:

Acronym:

  • Phytohaemagglutinin, a type of lectin found in plants, especially beans
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, a class of chemical compounds that consist of fused aromatic rings.
  • Polyhydroxyalkanoate, biodegradable polymers produced by bacterial fermentation of sugar or lipids
  • Polyhydroxyaldehyde, a class of carbohydrate
  • Potentially hazardous asteroid, an asteroid with a size and an orbit such that it could potentially strike Earth
  • Process Hazard Analysis, a systematic assessment of the potential hazards associated with an industrial process.
  • Pulse Height Analyzer, a nuclear electronic instrument for sorting gamma rays or charged particles into bins by energy, counting them, and saving the spectrum of pulse heights obtained for further analysis.
  • PHA training (Peripheral Heart Action Training), a form of bodybuilding circuit training

Organizations:

  • Pakistan Housing Authority, organisation in Pakistan
  • Parks and Horticulture Authority, an organisation in Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Philadelphia Housing Authority
  • Phoenix Hebrew Academy, a Jewish day school in north central Phoenix, Arizona
  • President's House Association, a fraternity founded at Georgetown College (Kentucky)
  • Private Hospitals Association (Jordan) is a private, voluntary, non-profit organization in Jordan, its members are some of private hospitals there.
  • Public Housing Agencies, of the United States
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Association, an educational support group for suffers of pulmonary hypertension
  • Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, in Phoenix, Arizona (Amtrak station code: PHA)

Placenames:

  • Amphoe Pha Khao, a district (amphoe) of Loei Province, northeastern Thailand
  • Amphoe Phu Pha Man, the northwesternmost district (Amphoe) of Khon Kaen Province, northeastern Thailand
  • Amphoe Tha Wang Pha, a district (Amphoe) in the central part of Nan Province, northern Thailand
  • Amphoe Thong Pha Phum, is a district (Amphoe) in the northern part of Kanchanaburi Province, central Thailand
  • Cẩm Phả, a town district of Quảng Ninh Province in the northeastern region of Vietnam
  • Ko Pha Ngan, an island in the Gulf of Thailand in South East Thailand
  • Pha Oudom District in Bokeo Province in north-western Laos
  • Pha Taem, a national park in Thailand with famous rock art on its cliffs
  • Pha That Luang, a Buddhist stupa in Vientiane, Laos
  • Than Sadet-Ko Pha-Ngan National Park, a national park in southern Thailand

People:

  • Hso Khan Pha, a Consulting Geologist who lives in exile in Canada
  • Jazze Pha (stage name Jazze Pha), an American record producer, songwriter, singer and rapper
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  • Pha Terrell (1910-1945), an American jazz singer

Other:

  • Anime Syuukan DX! Mi-Pha-Pu, a Japanese anime series
  • Kuan pha na dum, the name of a folklore hero from Laotian mythology
  • Pha Lai II Power Plant, one of Vietnam's largest coal-fired power plant
  • Pha Lai Power Plant, one of Vietnam's largest coal-fired power plant