Massa may refer to:
Places
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Massa, Tuscany, the administrative seat of the Italian province of Massa-Carrara.
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Massa (river)
The Massa () is a seven kilometre long river in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is mainly fed by the melt-water from the Aletsch Glacier. It passes through the ''Massa Gorge'' and flows into the Stausee Gibidum reser ...
, river in Switzerland
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Massa (Tanzanian ward), administrative ward in the Mpwapwa district of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania
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Massa, Libya, a town in Libya
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Massa, Morocco
Massa is a town in Chtouka Aït Baha Province, Souss-Massa, Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and ...
, a town in Morocco
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Massah
Massah ( he, מַסָּה) and Meribah ( he , מְרִיבָה, also spelled "Mirabah") are place names found in the Hebrew Bible. The Israelites are said to have travelled through Massah and Meribah during the Exodus, although the continuous l ...
(מסה), place where the Israelites quarreled with God, according to the Torah
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Province of Massa and Carrara
The province of Massa-Carrara ( it, provincia di Massa-Carrara) is a province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. It is named after the provincial capital Massa, and Carrara, the other main town in the province.
History
The province of "M ...
, province in the Tuscany region of Italy
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Souss-Massa
Souss-Massa ( ar, سوس ماسة, sūs māssa; ber, ⵙⵓⵙ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰ, sus massa) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 51,642 km² and had a population of 2,676,847 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The cap ...
, one of the twelve regions of Morocco
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Duchy of Massa and Carrara
The Duchy of Massa and Principality of Carrara ( it, Ducato di Massa e Principato di Carrara) was a small state that controlled the towns of Massa and Carrara from 1473 until 1829.
History
Although the city of Massa had already known its maxim ...
, controlled the towns of Massa di Carrara and Carrara
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino was before 1978 called diocese of Massa Marittima
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Peyrusse-Massas, commune in the Gers department in southwestern France
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Castillon-Massas, commune in the Gers department in southwestern France
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Souss-Massa National Park
The Souss-Massa National Park (''Parc National de Souss-Massa'') is a 33,800 hectare national park on the Atlantic coast of Morocco which was created in 1991. It lies between Agadir to the north and Sidi Ifni to the south and its centre is at 9 ...
, national park on the Atlantic coast of Morocco
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Hôtel de Massa, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris
Italian towns
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Massa d'Albe
Massa d'Albe is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is part of the Marsica.
The town was founded in the 14th century by the inhabitants of the ancient Alba Fucens, whose remains are in the a ...
, province of L'Aquila
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Massa di Somma
Massa di Somma ( nap, Massa 'e Somma) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about east of Naples.
Massa di Somma borders the following municipalities: Cercola, Ercolano
Ercola ...
, province of Naples
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Massa e Cozzile, province of Pistoia
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Massa Fermana
Massa Fermana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about northwest of Ascoli Piceno.
The parish church of Santi Lorenzo, Silvestro, e Ruffino houses the Massa F ...
, province of Ascoli Piceno
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Massa Fiscaglia, province of Ferrara
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Massa Lombarda, province of Ravenna
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Massa Lubrense
Massa Lubrense ( nap, Màssë) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about southeast of Naples. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 13,404 and an area of 19.7 km2 ...
, province of Naples
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Massa Marittima
Massa Marittima (Latin: ''Massa Veternensis'') is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Grosseto, southern Tuscany, Italy, 49 km NNW of Grosseto.
There are mineral springs, mines of iron, mercury, lignite and copper, with foundries, iron ...
, province of Grosseto
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Massa Martana
Massa Martana (near the well attested ancient site of the '' Vicus Martis Tudertium'' on the Via Flaminia) is an ancient Italian town and ''comune'' in the Monti Martani mountain range in the province of Perugia (Umbria). It is 10 km N ...
, province of Perugia
Fictional locations
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Polis Massa, fictional planet from ''Star Wars''
People
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Massa (surname)
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Massa (biblical figure), from Genesis
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Massa Makan Diabaté
Massa Makan Diabaté (June 12, 1938 – January 27, 1988) was a Malian historian, author, and playwright.
Biography
Born in 1938 in Kita, Massa Makan Diabaté was the descendant of a long line of West African poets (griots). His uncle, Kélé ...
(1938–1988), Malian historian, author, and playwright
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Michael of Massa (Michael Beccucci de Massa) (died 1337), Italian Augustinian Hermit and theologian
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Ray Massa's EuroRhythms, Italian-American band from Columbus, Ohio
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Massa (gorilla)
Massa (1930 – 30 December 1984) was a male gorilla who reached the age of 54 years. At the time, this was the oldest gorilla ever recorded, though later individuals would eventually surpass that record.
Massa was born in the wild in Ghana. ...
, gorilla from the Philadelphia Zoo
Other uses
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Massa language, African language
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Portuguese sweet bread or ''Massa Sovada''
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El Massa'', Algerian daily newspaper Printed in Arabic
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Massa Marittima Cathedral, main church of Massa Marittima
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Massa–Senigallia Line, in the linguistics of the Romance languages
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Massa intermedia, the Interthalamic adhesion
* Massa, in early African American Vernacular English, see
slave master
Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
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Massa (song)
See also
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Masa (disambiguation)
Masa is type of dough made from corn.
Masa or MASA may also refer to:
* MASA (company), former bus manufacturer in Mexico
* Masa (land), a land to the west of Hatti in Late Bronze Age Anatolia
* Masa (musician), stage name of a Japanese musici ...
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