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Ma  (mä), Yo-Yo Born 1955.
American cellist known for his performances and recordings of orchestral, recital, and chamber music.

MA
abbr.
1. Latin Magister Artium (Master of Arts)
2. Maritime Administration
3. Massachusetts
4. mental age

ma  (mä, mô)
n. Informal
Mother.

[Short for mama.]

mA
abbr.
milliampere

Ma [mɑː]
n
(Biographies / Ma, Yo-Yo (1955 M, USnational of birth: French, MUSIC: cellist) Yo-Yo (ˈjəʊjəʊ). born 1955, US cellist, born in France to Chinese parents

MA
abbreviation for
1. (Placename) Massachusetts
2. (Social Science / Education) Master of Arts
3. (Psychology) Psychol mental age
4. (Military) Military Academy
5. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering)
international car registration for Morocco
[from French Maroc]

ma1
n
an informal word for mother1

ma2
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science)
the Internet domain name for Morocco
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Mama - informal terms for a mother          
female parent, mother - a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
2.MA - a master's degree in arts and sciences
master's degree - an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree
3.mA - one thousandth of an ampere
current unit - a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time
amp, ampere, A - the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"
4.MaMA - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
Lexington and Concord, Lexington, Concord - the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)
U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
New England - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut
Bean Town, Beantown, Boston, capital of Massachusetts, Hub of the Universe - state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
Cambridge - a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Concord - town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought
Gloucester - a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries
Lexington - town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought
Medford - town in northeastern Massachusetts; residential suburb of Boston
Pittsfield - a town in western Massachusetts
Springfield - a city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River
Worcester - an industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston
Cape Ann - a Massachusetts peninsula to the north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean
Cape Cod - a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area
Cape Cod Canal - a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay
Plymouth - a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620
Salem - a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692
Williamstown - a town in northwestern Massachusetts
Berkshire Hills, Berkshires - a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area
Charles River, Charles - a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston
Housatonic, Housatonic River - a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound
Merrimack, Merrimack River - a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean
Taconic Mountains - a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont

ma
noun mother, mum (Brit. informal), mater, mom (U.S. informal), mummy (Brit. informal) Ma was still at work when I got back.
Translations
ma [mɑː] Nmamá f

ma [ˈmɑː] n (= mum) → maman f

MA abbr of Master of ArtsM. A.
ma
n (inf)Mama f (inf), → Mutti f (inf)

ma [mɑː] n (fam) → mamma
ma [mɑː] n (fam) → mamma

MA
abbr MA [ˌem ˈei]
Master of Arts; a second university degree in arts, literature etc (but not in the sciences). MA دَرَجَة الماجِستير: الدَّرَجَة الجامِعيّه الثّانِيَه магистър magistr (akademický titul) MA; kandidatgrad; kandidateksamen M.A. Magister Artium μεταπτυχιακό δίπλωμα ειδίκευσης, μάστερ (συντομογρ.) doctorado en letras MA (humanitaarteaduste magister, lühend sõnust magister artium) فوق لیسانس علوم انسانی maítrise en sciences humaines to sociales תוֹאָר שֵׁנִי, מוּסְמָך एम.ए. की डिग्री (उपाधि) magistar filozofije (kb.) bölcsészdoktor MA laurea/laureato in lettere 文学修士 문학 석사 humanitarinių mokslų magistras humanitāro zinātņu maģistrs Sarjana Sastera M.A., Master of Arts høyere grad i humanistiske fag mgr магистр гуманитарных наук univerzitný titul magister magister master diploma društvenih nauka Master of Arts, filo- ปริญญาโท (คำย่อของ Master of Arts) Sanat ve Edebiyat dallarında alınan lisansüstü derece 文學碩士(書面語縮寫式) магістр гуманітарних наук ماسٹر آف آرٹس کی تخفیف Thạc sĩ văn chương ()


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