apa
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.32 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Initialism of American Plywood Association.
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Initialism of American Psychiatric Association.
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Initialism of American Psychological Association.
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Initialism of American Protective Association: an anti-Catholic secret society established in 1887 by American Protestants.
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Example Sentences
- "He concluded by firing at the APA for "going downhill for some time." On April 22, he wrote an article for Psychology Today that discussed APA guidelines and criticized the organization for compromising "both scientists and practitioners.""
- "The complaint asserts ultra vires, Tenth Amendment, and APA claims, all primarily based on the allegation that Defendants unlawfully called into federal service members of the California National Guard."
- "In August 1935, the Red Army continued to march north in two columns — the right led by the Central Committee of the Party and Comrade Mao Tsetung; the left by Chu Teh, Chang Kuo-tao and Liu Po-cheng. However, when the left column reached Apa (now in the Apa Tibetan Autonomous Chou in Szechuan), Chang Kuo-tao again refused to carry out the decision of the Central Committee and, detaining Chu Teh and Liu Po-cheng, took the troops south."
- "The road between Maowen and Peichuan counties was opened to traffic on 30 December, 1973. The "Maopei" road runs (east) from the county town of Maowen in Apa Tibetan Autonomous Chou to Peichuan County in Mienyang special district, and is over 110 km long."
- "This area now forms part of the Apa Tibetan Autonomous Region, in which is included the Chiang Autonomous County - the Chiang people being those who were formerly known as the Mantsu. Capital of the Apa region is Maerkung, formerly a small opium-trading post and scene of the historic meeting of the main part of the Red Army under Mao Tse-tung with the North Szechuan Fourth Front Army under Chang Kuo-tao."
- "Last year both the total grain output and the number of livestock of the Apa Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture were 3 times those of the year preceding the democratic reform.[…] In Apa Prefecture, two-thirds of the cadres are of minority nationalities and many of the leading cadres were poor peasants or herdsmen before liberation."
Etymology
From Coptic ⲁⲡⲁ (apa).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ⲁⲡⲁ, 阿壩, -
Usage
- American usage