Ossa

See also: ossa

English

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

• pile Pelion on Ossa

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ossa is the 33645^th 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ossa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• SAOs, SOAs, Sosa, ASOs, so as

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄσσα (Óssa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈos.sa/, [ˈɔs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.sa/, [ˈɔsːä]

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

Related terms

• Ossaeus

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