What does mama mean?

Definitions for mama
ˈmɑ mə, məˈmɑma·ma

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word mama.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummynoun

    informal terms for a mother

  2. Mamanoun

    a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped

Wiktionary

  1. mamanoun

    Mother, female parent.

  2. Etymology: Reduplication of ma; a trend present in many Indo-European languages, probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.

Wikipedia

  1. Mama

    Mama (stylized in all caps) is a song by American hip hop artist 6ix9ine from his debut studio album, Dummy Boy (2018). It features Nicki Minaj and Kanye West. Shooting began for a music video, but was not finished.

ChatGPT

  1. mama

    "Mama" is a term often used by young children to refer to their mother. It is one of the first words most babies learn and recognises. In a wider context, "mama" can also encompass the role and duties of a mother, being associated with nurturing, caring, and providing for their children. This term is used across multiple languages and cultures, albeit with various pronunciations and spellings.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mamanoun

    see Mamma

Wikidata

  1. Mama

    "Mama" is a song by British pop group Spice Girls. It was written by the Spice Girls, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard, and produced by Rowe and Stannard for the group's debut album Spice, released in November 1996. "Mama" is a pop ballad that features instrumentation from keyboards, a rhythm guitar, a cello, and a violin, and its lyrics deal with the difficulties in relationships between mothers and daughters that appear during adolescence. It was released as a double A-side with "Who Do You Think You Are", and became the official single of the 1997 Comic Relief. Its Big TV! directed music video, featured the group singing to an audience of children and their own mothers. Despite receiving mixed reviews from music critics, "Mama" was commercially successful. Released as the album's fourth single in March 1997, it became their fourth consecutive number-one single in the United Kingdom, which made the Spice Girls the first act in UK chart history to have its first four singles reach number one. It was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. The single performed well internationally, reaching the top ten in many European countries and New Zealand, and the top fifteen in Australia.

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    Song lyrics by mama -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by mama on the Lyrics.com website.

  2. MAMA

    What does MAMA stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the MAMA acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MAMA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mama is ranked #122314 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Mama surname appeared 141 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mama.

    36.8% or 52 total occurrences were Black.
    29% or 41 total occurrences were Asian.
    24.1% or 34 total occurrences were White.
    5.6% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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  1. ma'am

  2. amma

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mama in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mama in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of mama in a Sentence

  1. American Lyles:

    I had to have my tonsils removed at six years old and there wasn't really a day in my early childhood where I don't remember going to the hospital, being on a breathing machine or being in the middle of the night and having to go to hospital because my chest was so restricted, being hooked up to a breathing machine...my mama staying with me the whole night. It wasn't the finest of times.

  2. Duşan Petrovici:

    Mamă, păpuşă de pământ

  3. Candidate Donald Trump on Saturday:

    yo mama gay

  4. Susan Smith:

    Your mama loves you so much.

  5. Rose Israel:

    Every time my mom would feel like she couldn't breathe, Harvard Medical School was always there, he said' I want to see, I want to see what's going on, Mama.' You know, he loves them, and that's when he started to understand more about Covid.

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