WPA
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WPA is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings:
- Washington Project for the Arts, an arts organization based in Washington, D.C.
- Walter Payton Award, in U.S. Division I-AA football
- War Powers Act, a U.S. federal law, also known as the "Trading with the Enemy Act" and commonly confused with the "War Powers Resolution"
- Weddings Parties Anything, an Australian band
- Western Pennsylvania
- Western Provident Association, UK-based health insurer
- Western Pyrotechnic Association, an American pyrotechnics guild that meets biannualy in Lake Havasu City
- White Patriot Army, U.S.-based paramilitary white supremacist organization
- Wi-Fi Protected Access, a wireless encryption standard
- Win Probability Added, a technical baseball statistic
- Woomera Prohibited Area, a former weapons testing range
- Working People's Alliance, Guyanese political party
- Works Progress Administration (later "Works Projects Administration"), a U.S. government employment agency (1935–1943)
- World Poker Association, the international governing body of tournament poker worldwide
- World Pool-Billiard Association, the international governing body of pocket billiard sports
- Windows Product Activation, a software licensing strategy in Microsoft Windows XP