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pa·pa

[pah-puh, puh-pah] Pronunciation Key

–noun

father.

2.	(initial capital letter) a code word used in communications, esp. by radio, to represent the letter P.

[Origin: 1675–85; < F; MF pappa (nursery word); cf. L pāpa father (see pope), ON pāpi, pabbi father. See pap¹

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pa·pa (pä'pə, pə-pä') Pronunciation Key
n. Informal
Father.

[French; see papa in Indo-European roots.]

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papa

"father," 1681, from Fr. papa, from L. papa, originally a child's word, cf. Gk. pappa (voc.) "o father," pappas "father," pappos "grandfather." The native word is daddy; first use of papa was in courtly speech, as a continental affectation, not used by common folk until late 18c.

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