name
Massa
name
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A town and province in Tuscany, Italy.
"They stopped in Massa on the drive down the coast."
noun
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An ethnic group from Cameroon and Chad, or their language.
"The Massa people traditionally farm along the Logone River."
How to Use Massa
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither an Italian town, or a Central African ethnic group and language.
Word Forms
Massas plural
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Etymology
The Italian place name is from Latin massa, "mass" or "lump"; the ethnonym is unrelated and native to the region.