ma

¹ American  

[mah] / mɑ /

noun

Informal.

1. mother.

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Ma ² American  

[mah] / mɑ /

noun

1. Yo-Yo born 1955, U.S. cellist, born in Paris of Chinese descent.

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MA ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Massachusetts (approved especially for use with zip code).

2. Psychology. mental age.

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mA ⁴ American  

1. milliampere; milliamperes.

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M.A. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Master of Arts.

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M.A. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. Psychology. mental age.

2. Military Academy.

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MA ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Massachusetts

2. Master of Arts

3. psychol mental age

4. Military Academy

5. Morocco (international car registration)

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Ma ² British  

/ mɑː /

noun

1. Yo-Yo (ˈjəʊjəʊ). born 1955, US cellist, born in France to Chinese parents

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ma ³ British  

/ mɑː /

noun

1. an informal word for mother 1

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ma ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Morocco

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Etymology

Origin of ma¹

Shortened variant of mama

Origin of M.A.⁵

From Latin Magister Artium

Example Sentences

Thanks to Stone, three human turntables spinning at once went from competitively filling space to, in the spirit of ma, making space.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

"Good afternoon ma, I have not seen the hospital items"

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

The first gallery — voluminous, glowing, visually still — introduced the Japanese concept of ma, sometimes described as an emptiness full of possibilities, into a Western ensemble of forms straight from the geometry book.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

“Think Marination ma kai with a 98118 twist …” they say on Facebook.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

“From my talk with your ma, I gather that you haven’t faced up to what you did.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Related Words

• grandmother
• mommy
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