Api

//ˌeɪˌpiˈaɪ// name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of active pharmaceutical ingredient. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of application programming interface. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of Asian and Pacific Islander. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of advanced primer ignition. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    Initialism of armor-piercing incendiary. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of American Petroleum Institute. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A mountain of the Himalayas in the western part of Nepal, near the border of Tibet.

    "Looking to the east we could see Api and the mountains of west Nepal, shapely snow peaks in the distance, while in the immediate foreground, much lower but still dramatic, were the peaks of Panch Chuli IV and V (III was hidden by the lip of a huge cornice), Telkot and Nagling, all of them unclimbed, all steep and challenging."

  3. 3
    Initialism of Additional Protocol I of 1977 to the four Geneva Conventions. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Example

More examples

"See "/docs" for the full documentation for this API."

Etymology

From Tibetan ཨ་ཕྱི (a phyi, “grandmother”).

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