Pica

Pica or PICA may refer to:

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Biology

Pica (disorder), an abnormal appetite for earth and other non-foods
Posterior inferior cerebellar artery, a major artery supplying blood to the cerebellum

Organisms

Aechmea 'Pica', a hybrid cultivar in the Bromeliad family of flowering plants
Pica (genus), a genus of magpie
Pika, a small mammal (archaic spelling "pica")

Organizations

OCLC PICA, a library automation company
Palestine Jewish Colonization Association, known by its Yiddish acronym as PICA
Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, a governmental agency in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Western Australia
Pica Press, a publishing imprint
Pittsburgh Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, a governmental agency in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Oregon

People

Antonio Pica (1923–2014), Spanish actor
Joe Pica (1923–1973), American pianist
Pierre Pica (born 1951), French linguist
Teresa P. Pica (1945–2011), American educator
Tina Pica (1884–1968), Italian actress
Yamantaka Eye (born 1964), Japanese artist known as DJ Pica Pica Pica (DJ 光光光)

Places

Pica, Chile, an oasis town in the Atacama Desert of Chile
- Limón de Pica, a lime variety from Pica
Pica, Cumbria, a village in northwest England
Pica, Jayuya, Puerto Rico, a barrio

Technology

Acer PICA, a system logic chipset introduced in 1993
Phenolic-impregnated carbon ablator, a spacecraft heat shield material
Pre-integrated COF APM, part of the International Space Station's Columbus module systems

Other uses

Pica, an alternative name for the grape Merille
Pica, a lance used by a picador in bullfighting
Pica (typography), a unit of length used in typesetting and document layout
píča, a rude expression for a vagina in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

See also

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