"PPA" meaning in English

See PPA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} PPA
  1. (Philippines) Initialism of Philippine Ports Authority. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Philippine Ports Authority
    Sense id: en-PPA-en-name-S5iq6ByB Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 26 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 47 23 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 21 40

Noun

Forms: PPAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PPA (plural PPAs)
  1. (computing) Initialism of Personal Package Archive (software repository for managing source packages in Ubuntu) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Personal Package Archive (extra: software repository for managing source packages in Ubuntu) Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-PPA-en-noun-6Ks9Tp-8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 26 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 21 40 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. Initialism of public place of amusement. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: public place of amusement
    Sense id: en-PPA-en-noun-JCptreS~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 26 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 21 40

Inflected forms

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