OPA

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The term OPA may mean:

• Office of the Patient Advocate, An independent office in California state government charged with informing and educating consumers about their rights and responsibilities as HMO enrollees;
• Office of Participant Assistance, a United States government office within the Department of Labor, Employee Benefit Security Administration;
• The Obscene Publications Act 1959, an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom;
• Office of Price Administration, a United States government office set up by President Roosevelt to stabilize prices and rents after the outbreak of World War II;
• Oil Pollution Act of 1990, a United States law;
• Ontario Power Authority, a government agency in Canada;
• Opa (Dutch: Grandpa), the nickname of Dorus Rijkers, a lifeboat-captain who rescued over 500 people in the course of his career;
• Opa (PreRoman), Goddess of Plenty;
• Opa!, a 2005 film directed by Udayan Prasad;
• Opa!, a Greek exclamation used to express joy, approval, or encouragement;
• OPA, a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and isopropyl amine used in some binary chemical weapons such as the United States Army M687;
• OPA refers to takeovers in a variety of European languages (see other languages at the side of this article);
• Open Platform Architecture, a software interface from Ericsson Mobile Platforms for use internally in cellular phones;
• Optical parametric amplifier or Optical Parametric Amplification, a method to amplify laser light;
• Oropharyngeal airway, a device used to keep the upper respiratory airway open;
• Outward Processing Arrangement, a trade agreement between Hong Kong and mainland China;
• OPA, Ontario Paramedic Association;
• Opa, a Dutch and German word for Grandpa;
• Online Privacy Alliance.