Pica

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 hybrid cultivar in the Bromeliad family of flowering plants
 * Pica (genus), a genus of magpie
 * 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