Apa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "apa"

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 阿壩 / 阿坝 (Ābà) Wade–Giles romanization: A¹-pa⁴.

Proper noun

Apa

1. Alternative form of Aba (Ngawa).
   • 1972, Chen Chang-feng [陳昌奉], “About the Long March”, in On the Long March with Chairman Mao [跟随毛主席长征]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 119:

     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.

   • 1974 March 27 [1974 February 23], “New Road in Szechwan”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, number 60, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengtu Szechwan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page E 2:

     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.

   • 1976, Wilfred Burchett, “Fifty Thousand Policeless States”, in China: The Quality of Life‎^[2], Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 43:

     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.

   • 1976 July 8 [1976 July 7], “NCNA Notes Changes in Szechwan Minority Area”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[3], volume I, number 132, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages J1, J 2‎^[4]:

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Apa.

Atayal

Proper noun

Apa

1. a male given name

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Originally a byname; from an agent noun to Old Norse apa (“to mimic”). Related to ape (“ape”).

Proper noun

Apa f (definite Apa)

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Ape

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Apa”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

From apa, definite form of apă.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Apa f

1. A commune of Satu Mare, Romania
2. A village in Apa, Satu Mare, Romania

Turkish

Proper noun

Apa

1. a male given name