"PMA" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} PMA
  1. (Pakistan, military) Initialism of Pakistan Military Academy. Tags: Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pakistan Military Academy
    Sense id: en-PMA-en-name-vbfFf5~Y Categories (other): Pakistani English, Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (Philippines, military) Initialism of Philippine Military Academy. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Philippine Military Academy
    Sense id: en-PMA-en-name-V0kIJ9ld Categories (other): Philippine English, Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: PMAer

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} PMA
  1. (personal development) Initialism of positive mental attitude. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: positive mental attitude
    Sense id: en-PMA-en-noun-zSYCSTtX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 27 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 21 22 39 16 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 22 39 17 1
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