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The Latin word pax means "peace". It is also the name of the goddess of Peace in Roman mythology. Together with the (Romanized) name of a nation, it refers to a period of peace or at least stability enforced by this nation, such as:

• Pax Romana
• Pax Americana
• Pax Sinica
• Pax Mongolica
• Pax Britannica

Unrelated meanings include the following abbreviations or acronyms:

• PaX, the Linux kernel security patch
• PAX, an annual video game convention in Bellevue, Washington. Run by the creators of the Penny Arcade comic.
• i, a U.S. television network (formerly the PAX Network)

• pax - an "abbreviation" used in the travel industry for passengers
• pax - portable archive interchange