A.M.A.

¹

abbreviation

1. American Management Association.

2. American Medical Association.

3. American Motorcycle Association.

ama

²

[ah-mah]

noun

plural

amas, ama 

1. a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.

-ama

³

1. variant of -orama, occurring as the final element in compounds when the first element is a disyllable ending in - r, used so that the entire word maintains the same number of syllables as panorama .

   rollerama; Futurama.

AMA

abbreviation

1. American Medical Association

2. Australian Medical Association

Word History and Origins

Origin of A.M.A.¹

From Japanese, dating back to 1945–50, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

They all have circular pins with their names on them— Augustina, Gertrude, and Ama.

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One of the girls—Ama—turns to the others.

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Augustina and Gertrude give Ama squeezes on the elbow and retreat deeper into the building.

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Ama turns her attention to us.

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Ama stares at me hard, almost like she’s looking through me.

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