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MA

MA is an abbreviation and Ma may be an abbreviation, a word or a Chinese or Taiwanese name, each of which may refer to:

people:

Ma Ying-jeou, president of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Ma Jun, a Chinese environmentalist, non-fiction writer and journalist.
Ma Jun, a Chinese mechanical engineer and government official during the Three Kingdoms era of China.

in academia: Master of Arts (postgraduate) (MA), academic degree
Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin) (MA), academic degree of the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin
Master of Arts (Scotland) (MA), academic degree in Scotland
Marin Academy (MA), high school in San Rafael, California
Minnehaha Academy (MA), private high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Museums Association (MA), UK

in science and technology: mya (unit), sometimes written as Ma, means "millions of years ago" or megaannum.
.ma, the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Morocco
Mach number (Ma), a measure of speed compared to the speed of sound
Megaannum (Ma), one million (1,000,000) years
Mechanical advantage (MA), mechanical multiplier of input force
Mechanical alloying (MA), a technique to produce alloys.
Medical assistant (MA), a type of health care worker
Methyl anthranilate (MA), a bird repellent
Milliampere (mA), a unit of electrical current
Moving average model (MA(q)), statistics
a set of decision problems (MA) that can be decided by an Arthur–Merlin protocol
Martin's axiom, an axiom in mathematical logic
a type of interface (Ma) in an IP Multimedia Subsystem

in geography: Ma River, river in Asia, running through Vietnam and Laos
Madagascar (MA), FIPS 10-4 country code
Maranhão (BR-MA), part of the ISO 3166-2:BR geocode for the Brazilian state
Massachusetts (MA), United States postal abbreviations for the state
Meshwesh (Ma), an ancient Libyan (i.e., Berber) tribe from Cyrenaica
Metropolitan area (MA), a qualifying term, e.g. "Tokyo MA"
Morocco (MA), ISO 3166 country code

in myth and culture: Ma people, a Vietnamese ethnic group
Ma (Lion King), a main character in the animated film Lion King 1½
Ma (myth), in Sumerian mythology that from which the "primeval land" was formed
Ma (surname), a common Chinese family name
"MA15+", an Australian film and video game classification meaning "Not suitable for under 15s"
Mature audience is a U.S. television rating system category abbreviated as TV-MA
Memory Alpha (MA), a Star Trek-oriented wiki
Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives (MA), a website devoted to heavy metal bands
Maria (Mª or Ma.), according to Spanish naming customs
Massive Attack, a British trip hop band
Ma (negative space), a word of Japanese origin used in art and design

in other uses: Mother, "Ma" used as a synonym
Marijuana Anonymous (MA), a group recovery program aimed at marijuana addiction
Martial arts (MA), only used in combining forms such as MMA or MCMAP
Malév Hungarian Airlines (MA), IATA airline designator
MasterCard, NYSE stock symbol
Marvellous attack, a term used in StepMania game, it means to get only Marvellous (the highest) rankings for each step.
Motorcycling Australia

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "MA" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Estonian, Greek, French, Korean, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Swedish, Thai, Chinese.

Translation(s) in other languages: Breton: Ma, Spanish: Ma, Esperanto: Ma, Norwegian (Bokmål): MA (andre betydninger), Ripuarian: MA (Watt ėßß datt?), Russian: Ма, Finnish: Ma.


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