- an informal word for
mother 1
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ma /mɑ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. mas.
MA, an abbreviation of:
M.A., an abbreviation of:
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Informal Termsmother.
MA, an abbreviation of:
- Massachusetts.
M.A., an abbreviation of:
- EducationMaster of Arts.
ma
(mä),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]
MA,
M.A.,
- Informal Termsmother.
- shortened variant of mama
MA,
- Massachusetts (approved esp. for use with zip code).
- Psychologymental age.
- Electricitymilliampere;
milliamperes.
M.A.,
- EducationSee Master of Arts.
-
Latin Magister Artium - Psychologymental age.
- Military Academy.
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Massachusetts Master of Arts Military Academy
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Yo-Yo ( ˈjəʊjəʊ ). born 1955, US cellist, born in France to Chinese parents
'ma' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abhidhamma Pitaka
- Anti-Mason
- Atacama Desert
- Aunt Jemima
- Bahama grass
- Bahamas
- Bahasa Malaysia
- Bainqen Lama
- Brahma Samaj
- Brahma Vihara
- Burkitt's lymphoma
- Burma Road
- Burmese jade
- Charterhouse of Parma, The
- Madonna
- Massachusetts
- Master of Arts
- Mother Goose
- Perrault
- Si-ma Qian
- Ssu-ma Ch'ien
- accepted masons
- acouasm
- acute glaucoma
- almah
- amalgam
- anadem
- anathema
- aneurysm
- angle-closure glaucoma
- anthema
- apothegm
- autoschediasm
- axiom
- bad-mouth
- basal cell carcinoma
- bema
- besom
- big mama
- bigleaf maple
- bimah
- bird's-eye maple
- birth trauma
- black maple
- blastema
- blood plasma
- blue grama
- broad-leaved maple
- bronchial asthma
- categorematic