What is "napa"

napa \napa\ n. A plant ( Brassica rapa pekinensis) with an elongated celerylike head of broadstalked leaves used as a vegetable in east Asia; called also Chinese cabbage.

Syn: Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, pe-tsai, Brassica rapa pekinensis.

California county noted for wines, perhaps from a Southern Patwin (Wiuntun) word meaning "homeland."

n. ''Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis'', a kind of Chinese cabbage.

n. plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia [syn: Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, pe-tsai, Brassica rapa pekinensis]

Napa may refer to:

Places:

• Napa County, California, United States
• Napa, California, the county seat of Napa County, California, United States
• Napa River, California, United States

People:

• Dylan Napa (born 1992), Australian Rugby League player
• Ian Napa (born 1978), former European bantamweight boxing champion
• Selina Napa, Cook Islands politician
• Napa Kiatwanchai (born 1967), Thai former World Boxing Council strawweight champion

Other uses:

• Napa cabbage, a type of Chinese cabbage
• Napa or Nappa leather, a type of full-grained sheep leather
• USS Napa, four US Navy ships
• MV Napa, a passenger-only fast ferry
• Napa platform, an Intel Centrino platform for laptop computers

NAPA may stand for:

• n-acetyl procainamide, an anti-arrhythmic drug
• NAPA (gene), N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein, alpha
• National Academy of Performing Arts, a Pakistani academy of performing arts
• National Amateur Press Association (founded in Philadelphia, 1876); see Amateur press association
• National Automotive Parts Association, known by their NAPA auto part stores
• National Academy of Public Administration (disambiguation)
• National APIA Panhellenic Association, an association of Asian collegiate fraternities and sororities
• National Academy for Prisons Administration, a Pakistani academy for prison administration
• National Adaptation Programme of Action
• North Adriatic Ports Association

N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor Attachment Protein Alpha, also known as SNAP-α, is a protein that is involved in the intra-cellular trafficking and fusing of vesicles to target membranes in cells.