See also: moss, MOSS, and möss

English

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 Moss (surname) on Wikipedia
 Moss (disambiguation) on Wikipedia
 
Moss, Tennessee

Proper noun

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Moss

  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish (served by Moss and District Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5914). [1]
  3. A coastal town and municipality in Viken county, Norway.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. Former name of Moss Landing, California.
    2. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
    3. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Tennessee.
    4. A former community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.

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Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Moss is the 423rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 76,908 individuals. Moss is most common among White (69.73%) and Black (24.71%) individuals.

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German Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German mos, from Old Saxon *mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą (moss). Cognate with English moss.

Noun

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Moss n (no plural)

  1. moss

Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Moss f (plural Mossen)

  1. (slang) chick, bird, girl

Norwegian Bokmål

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 Moss on Norwegian Wikipedia
 Moss (tettsted) on Norwegian Wikipedia

Proper noun

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Moss

  1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Østfold, Norway

Norwegian Nynorsk

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 Moss on Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia
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Proper noun

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Moss

  1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Østfold, Norway