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English
Etymology
Surname borrowed from Spanish Ossa, itself from Basque otsoa (“wolf”).
Proper noun
Ossa (countable and uncountable, plural Ossas)
- A surname.
- A village in Larissa regional unit, Greece.
- A village in Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ossa is the 33645th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 677 individuals. Ossa is most common among Hispanic/Latino (79.62%) and White (18.91%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄσσα (Óssa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ossa f sg (genitive Ossae); first declension
- A mountain of Thessaly, separated from the Olympus by the valley of Tempe
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Ossa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ossa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Ossa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly