Massa

See also: massa, mässa, and mássá

English

Noun

Massa (plural Massas)

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

Proper noun

Massa (countable and uncountable, plural Massas)

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

Translations

surname

• Italian: Massa (it)

• Portuguese: Massa

Massa, Tuscany, Italy

• Italian: Massa (it)

Anagrams

• Assam, Samas, amass, msasa

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Italian

Proper noun

Massa ?

1. Massa; A town in Tuscany, Italy
2. Massa; A surname​.

Descendants

• English: Massa

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Latin

Etymology

From massa.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːs.sa/, [ˈmaːs̠.s̠a]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.sa/

Proper noun

Māssa m sg (genitive Māssae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Baebius Massa, a Roman governor

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Māssa
Genitive	Māssae
Dative	Māssae
Accusative	Māssam
Ablative	Māssā
Vocative	Māssa

References

• Massa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Massa, Baebius in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Plautdietsch

Noun

Massa n (plural Massasch)

1. knife

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Massa

1. Massa; A surname​.