Ossa

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English

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Etymology

Surname borrowed from Spanish Ossa, itself from Basque otsoa (wolf).

Proper noun

Ossa (countable and uncountable, plural Ossas)

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Larissa regional unit, Greece.
  3. 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.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄσσα (Óssa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ossa f sg (genitive Ossae); first declension

  1. A mountain of Thessaly, separated from the Olympus by the valley of Tempe

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Ossa
genitive Ossae
dative Ossae
accusative Ossam
ablative Ossā
vocative Ossa

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