OPA
Appearance
Opa may refer to:
- Opa! (Greek expression), a Greek expression
People
- Opa Muchinguri, a Zimbabwean politician
- Opa Nguette, a French footballer
- Opa, the nickname of Dorus Rijkers, Dutch lifeboat-captain who rescued over 500 people in the course of his career
- Opa-Opa is a character in the Fantasy Zone video game series
- Opa, Dutch or German informal word for grandfather
- Opa!, a film starring Matthew Modine and Agni Scott
Geography
- Opa Station, a North Korean railway station
Music
- Opa (Uruguayan band), Uruguayan jazz group
- Opa (Swedish band), a Swedish musical band
- "Opa" (Giorgos Alkaios song), a song by Giorgos Alkaios & Friends competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 for Greece
- "Opa Opa", a song by Notis Sfakianakis, later covered by both Antique and Despina Vandi
- Opa Opa (album), an alternative name to the album Mera Me Ti Mera by Antique
Brands
- Toyota Opa, a car
- Opa (roller coaster), a closed roller coaster in Wisconsin
- Opa (programming language), a web development platform
The acronym OPA may refer to:
Chemistry and physics
- Ortho-phthalaldehyde, a dialdehyde used in the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds and a reagent in the analysis of amino acids
- OPA, a mixture used in chemical weapons such as M687
- optical parametric amplifier, laser light source that emits light of variable wavelengths
Government
- Office of Population Affairs, a United States agency providing advice on population issues
- Office of Price Administration, a United States government office set up to stabilize prices and coordinate rationing after the outbreak of World War II
- Office of the Pardon Attorney, an agency of the United States Department of Justice
- Ontario Power Authority, a government agency in Canada
- Oil and Pipelines Agency, a United Kingdom agency
International agreements
- Ouagadougou Peace Agreement, that put an end to the Ivorian Civil War
- Outward Processing Arrangement, a trade agreement between Hong Kong and mainland China
Laws
- Obscene Publications Act 1959, an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom
- Oil Pollution Act of 1990, a United States law
Medicine
- Oropharyngeal airway, a device used to keep the upper respiratory airway open
- Out-patient appointments
- Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma, a disease of the lungs in sheep and goats, also known as Jaagsiekte
Sports
- FC OPA, association football club from Oulu, Finland
Associations
- Postnominal letters used by the Anglican Order of Preachers (Ordo Praedicatorum Anglicanus
- Oligo Pool Assay, a SNP genotyping platform from Illumina
- Online Privacy Alliance, a coalition of Internet companies
- OPA co. ltd. (oriental park avenue), a Japanese clothing retail chain and subsidiary of Daiei
- Open Platform Architecture, a software interface from Ericsson Mobile Platforms for use internally in cellular phones
- Oracle Policy Automation, an enterprise applications suite
- Ordre des Palmes Academiques, an Order of Chivalry of France for academics and cultural and educational figures
- Oregon Pioneer Association, a fraternal-lineage society first established as the Oregon Pioneer Society in 1867
- Oregon Potters Association, not-for-profit group of clay artists
Fiction
- Outer Planets Alliance, fictional organization in James S.A. Corey's Leviathan Wakes, following books and The Expanse TV series based upon them