name
Meaning 1
A surname from Hokkien.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines
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Standard Lemma guide
pua
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noun
Meaning 2
A type of fried sweet cake made of flour and sugar/jaggery popular in Northern India.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A scraper or stick used to play a guiro.
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noun
Meaning 4
Initialism of pickup artist.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: lifestyle, seduction-community, sexuality
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noun
Meaning 5
Initialism of potentially unwanted application.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
Initialism of Private Use Area (the ranges of Unicode code points reserved for private use).
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Pua, from Hokkien 潘 (Phoan).
Borrowed from Hindi पुआ (puā).
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hindi: पुआ (puā) — sweet Indian cake