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Etymology

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The surname is from Italian Massa. Also found in southern France (see Massey).

Noun

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Massa (plural Massas)

  1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Proper noun

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Massa (countable and uncountable, plural Massas)

  1. (uncountable) A town in Tuscany, Italy
  2. (countable) A surname.

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Anagrams

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Italian

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmas.sa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -assa
  • Hyphenation: Màs‧sa

Proper noun

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Massa f

  1. Massa (a town in Tuscany, Italy)

Proper noun

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Massa m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Descendants

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  • English: Massa

Latin

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Etymology

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From massa.

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Proper noun

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Māssa m sg (genitive Māssae); first declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Baebius Massa, a Roman governor
  2. Massa (a town in Tuscany, Italy)

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Note that the town name also has locative Māssae.

References

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  • Massa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Massa, Baebius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German messet, from Old Saxon metisahs, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs.

Noun

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Massa n (plural Massasch)

  1. knife

Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Massa m or f by sense

  1. a surname, Massa

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈma.sa]
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: Mas‧sa

Proper noun

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Massa m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Italian