"Ma" meaning in English

See Ma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ma
  1. Abbreviation of May. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: May. Synonyms: ma
    Sense id: en-Ma-en-name-Kthq81CN Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Transcription of 馬/马 (mǎ). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|馬|mǎ}} 馬/马 (mǎ) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ma
  1. A common surname from Chinese of East Asian derivation. Translations (Chinese surname): مَا (mā) (Arabic), 馬 /马 (Mǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), (alt: ば, Ba) (Japanese), マー (Mā) (Japanese), (english: Ma) (alt: ) (Korean), Ма (english: Ma) (Russian), (alt: ) (Vietnamese), Ma (Vietnamese)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ma
  1. A language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Ma-en-name-RAW9nq6x Disambiguation of Languages: 10 31 59 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 6 12 59 3 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 7 65 2 22 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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