Pica

Not to be confused with Pika.

Pica or PICA may refer to:

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 cultivar of the flowering plant Aechmea recurvata
• Pica (bird), a genus of magpies
• 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

• Amalia Pica (born 1978), Argentine artist
• 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

• Pico (disambiguation)
• Piga (disambiguation)
• Pika (disambiguation)