pipa

Definitions of pipa
  1. noun
    a South American toad; incubates its young in pits in the skin of its back
  2. noun
    the head of a state government
    synonyms: commissaris, gouverneur, landvoogd, landvoogdes, ruwaard, stadhouder
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    bei
    the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire
    gouverneur-generaal, toean besur
    a governor of high rank
    provinciegouverneur
    a governor of a province in ancient Persia
    onderkoning
    governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
  3. noun
    a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
    synonyms: P., huisvader, mevrouw, mijnheer, oudeheer, ouwe, ouweheer, pa, pap, papa, pappie, paps, pater, pater familias, uitvinder, vader, vaderen, vake, verwekker
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    antonyms:
    ma, mam, mama, mammie, mams, moe, moeder, moederlief, moedertje, moes, moesje
    a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
    types:
    schoonpapa, schoonvader
    the father of your spouse
    type of:
    moederplant, ouder, stamplant
    a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
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