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Pepa

Pepa is the feminine form of Pepe which is itself a contraction of Joseph.

Pepa may also refer to:

  • Pepa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a village in northeastern Katanga province with a population around 4,000
  • Pepa Airport, an airstrip in the Democratic Republic of the Congo near Pepa village
  • Sandra Denton (born 1969), American rap/hip-hop artist, member of trio Salt-N-Pepa
  • PEPA (Performance Evaluation Process Algebra), a stochastic process algebra designed for modelling computer and communication systems
  • PEPA (drug), an ampakine drug which is a potential nootropic
  • Pepa (musical instrument), a flute-like musical instrument from Assam
  • The Spanish Constitution of 1812, signed on Saint Joseph's Day 1812
  • Pepa (footballer), a Portuguese footballer
  • Avni Pepa, a Kosovar footballer
  • Brunild Pepa, an Albanian footballer
Pepa (instrument)

The pepa is a hornpipe musical instrument that is used in traditional music in Assam, India. It is usually made with the horn of a buffalo.

As the bufallo population is dwindling gradually in Assam due to shrinking pastoral lands, getting a pepa is currently very difficult. Cost of a pepa in market has even reached Rs 2500 in recent years.

PEPA (drug)

PEPA is an ampakine drug which acts as an allosteric potentiator of AMPA receptor desensitisation, which is up to 100x more potent than aniracetam in vitro. It produces memory-enhancing effects in rats when administered intravenously.

Pepa (footballer)

Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe (born 14 December 1980), known as Pepa, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward, and the current coach of Moreirense FC.