# PA

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #3,248

## Definitions
1. Abbreviation of Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
2. Abbreviation of Papua: a province of Indonesia.
3. Abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil.
4. Initialism of Palestinian Authority.
5. Initialism of Proto-Algonquian (sometimes abbreviated PAn to distinguish it from Proto-Algic, but usually just abbreviated PA with Proto-Algic being abbreviated PAc).
6. Initialism of Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian).
7. Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan.
8. Initialism of Prince Albert: a city in Saskatchewan, Canada.

## Easily confused with
- **PM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pm)
- **PC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pc)
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pp)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pr)
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pt)
- **PS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-ps)
- **po** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-po)
- **pi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pi)
- **PG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pg)
- **PL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pl)
- **PE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pe)
- **PD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pd)
- **PB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pb)
- **PF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pf)
- **PU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pu)
- **PK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pk)
- **PV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pv)
- **PJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pj)
- **PW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pw)
- **PX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-px)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pa