Maga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "maga"

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of magazine.

Proper noun

Maga

1. Abbreviation of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. (1817-1980)
   • 1862 November 29, All the Year Round, volume VIII, page 275:

     In 1817 he connected himself definitively with Blackwood's Magazine, or "Maga."

Etymology 2

Acronym of Make America Great Again.

Phrase

Maga

1. (UK, politics) Alternative form of MAGA (“Make America Great Again”) (form found in British press)

Etymology 3

From Hebrew מַגָּע (maga, “contact”).

Noun

Maga (uncountable)

1. (nonstandard) Ellipsis of Krav Maga (“contact combat”).

Anagrams

• Gama, agma

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɡa]

Proper noun

Maga m pers (female equivalent Magová)

1. a male surname

Further reading

• “Maga”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024