PAH (disambiguation)
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PAH or Pā may refer to:
In Māori defence:
- Gate Pā, provocative fortress the Māori built in 1864 only 5km from the main British base at Tauranga
- Pā (Māori), Māori village or community which is fortified and built for defence
In geography:
- In-Ko-Pah Mountains, United States
- Pah Rah Range, United States
- Pah-Ute County, Arizona, United States
- Pan-American Highway, Americas
- Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah, Kentucky, its IATA airport code
In fiction:
- Pah, lunar deity in Pawnee mythology
- Pah Wraith, evil Bajoran Prophets in the fictional Star Trek universe
- Pah-Peh-Rheo, fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck universe
In biochemistry:
- PAH, human gene that provides instructions for making an enzyme called phenylalanine hydroxylase
- PAH world hypothesis, hypothesis that proposes that the use of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon was a means for the origin of life
- Para-aminohippurate, substance used in the measurement of renal blood flow
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, class of chemical compounds
In other fields:
- Oom-pah, onomatopoeic name for a type of Germanic music typically involving brass instruments
- Oumpah-pah, illustrated series of comic books created in 1958 by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny