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Definitions for papà
ˈpɑ pə, pəˈpɑpapà

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, popnoun

    an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

Wiktionary

  1. papanoun

    Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one's father.

  2. papanoun

    The letter P in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

  3. Etymology: Circa 17th century, from papa, probably originally imitative of a child's early efforts at vocalization.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Papanoun

    A fond name for father, used in many languages.

    Etymology: παππᾶς; papa, Lat.

    Where there are little masters and misses in a house, bribe them, that they may not tell tales to papa and mamma. Jonathan Swift.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Papanoun

    a child's word for father

  2. Papanoun

    a parish priest in the Greek Church

  3. Etymology: [F. papa, L. papa; cf. Gr. , , a child's word meaning father. Cf. Pope.]

Wikidata

  1. Papa

    Papa–Love Forever was an 18-episode Korean drama shown by KBS in 1996.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Papa

    pa-pä′, or pä′pa, n. father: a bishop: a priest of the Greek Church. [Imit.]

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Papa

    See “Pope.”

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PAPA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Papa is ranked #5768 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Papa surname appeared 6,005 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Papa.

    82.6% or 4,964 total occurrences were White.
    11.2% or 674 total occurrences were Asian.
    4% or 240 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.3% or 79 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of papà in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of papà in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of papà in a Sentence

  1. Vieux Malala:

    We came to know the sape thanks to Papa Wemba. And believe me, even with his death, we are going to continue to be elegant.

  2. Ahmet Ayyan:

    My daughter was telling me over and over papa don’t cry. Relax. They are coming to rescue us.

  3. Sam Levenson:

    It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.

  4. Nikolay Chernyavskiy:

    My son said 'Papa, Papa, I want to look too.' He's got to wear glasses now and I feel like it's my fault for letting him look.

  5. Jesse Hunt:

    They don’t have a message, and that became clear this week when they took tips from Papa John’s.

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    Meaning in jokes .
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