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massa¹

noun massas · Massa

  1. pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of master At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night.

Massa²

Where it comes from

Both borrowed from Italian Massa, from Latin Māssa, from massa (“mass, bulk”). Compare Massey.

proper noun Massas

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

Massa³

noun Masa

  1. plural, plural only A Chadic ethnic group in Cameroon and Chad.

proper noun Masa

  1. A Chadic language spoken by the Massa people.

Massa⁴

noun Massas

  1. Alternative letter-case form of massa, master, particularly as a form of address. Officer.—"What is the numerical strength of the enemy in our front?" Intelligent Contraband.—"Eh, Massa?" O.—"How many men has the Confederate General Blank?" I. C.—"'Bout forty-leben thousan', Massa." O.—"Don't you mean about four thousand?" I. C.—"Yes, Massa; dar's 'bout four hundred ob 'em."

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: marse, domina, sir, mistress, master, counselor, mass, carrara, townsend, mashpee, mendon, metropolis, williamstown, lincoln, peru, amherst

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name Massa, Tuscany, Italy

ItalianoMassa

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@misc{massa_2026,
  title = {massa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/massa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}