Moss
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Proper noun
[edit]Moss
- A surname.
- A village and civil parish (served by Moss and District Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5914). [1]
- A coastal town and municipality in Viken county, Norway.
- A number of places in the United States:
- Former name of Moss Landing, California.
- An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Clay County, Tennessee.
- A former community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Moss is the 423rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 76,908 individuals. Moss is most common among White (69.73%) and Black (24.71%) individuals.
References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]German Low German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German mos, from Old Saxon *mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą (“moss”). Cognate with English moss.
Noun
[edit]Moss n (no plural)
Luxembourgish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Moss f (plural Mossen)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Moss
- A town with bystatus and municipality of Østfold, Norway
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Moss
- A town with bystatus and municipality of Østfold, Norway
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Villages in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Towns in Norway
- en:Municipalities of Norway
- en:Places in Norway
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Mississippi, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Mississippi, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Tennessee, USA
- en:Places in Tennessee, USA
- en:Historical settlements
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- German Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German nouns
- German Low German neuter nouns
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/os
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/os/1 syllable
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish feminine nouns
- Luxembourgish slang
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Towns in Østfold
- nb:Towns in Norway
- nb:Municipalities of Norway
- nb:Places in Østfold
- nb:Places in Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Towns in Østfold
- nn:Towns in Norway
- nn:Municipalities of Norway
- nn:Places in Østfold
- nn:Places in Norway