MSA

  

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MSA

"MSA" is a common misspelling or typo for: mash, mask, mass, mast, mesa, moa.


Specialty Definition: MSA

DomainDefinition

Census

(Metropolitan Statistical Area) An area defined by the Office of Management and Budget as a Federal statistical standard. An area qualifies for recognition as an MSA if it includes a city of at least 50,000 population or an urbanized area of at least 50,000 with a total metropolitan area population of at least 100,000. See also (MA). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: MSA

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

MSA

DutchStatistisch gebied van een grote stadPost & Telecom

MSA

EnglishMerchant Shipping ActN/A

MSA

FrenchAltitude minimale de secteurPost & Telecom, Transportation

MSA

GermanSektorenmindesthöhe über MeerPost & Telecom, Transportation

MSA

Greekμητροπολιτική στατιστική περιοχήPost & Telecom

MSA

ItalianAltitudine minima di settoreN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: MSA

Synonyms by domain: Malayan-Singapore Airlines (transportation), Mannitol salt agar (medicine), Marine Safety Agency (geography), Mass Storage Adapter (computing), medical savings account (medicine), Medical Supplies Agency (medicine), Merchant Shipping Act (insurance, transportation), methane sulphonic acid (chemical industry), metropolitan service area (post & telecom), metropolitan statistical area (post & telecom), Minimum Safe Altitude (meteorology & standards, transportation), minimum sector altitude (post & telecom, transportation), mobile semi automatic (engineering & technology, labor), mobile service area (post & telecom), Multilateral steel agreement (metallurgy), Multimedia Services Affiliate (computing), multiplexer section adaptation (computing, post & telecom), Multiplication Stimulating Activity (medicine).

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Crosswords: MSA

Specialty definitions using "MSA": Geographic Componentmetropolitan statistical area, Metropolitan Statistical Areas. (references)

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Commercial Usage: MSA

DomainTitle

References

  • MSA a.s.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: MSA

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSA) has offices in New Jersey, Colorado Springs, and Washington, D.C. It focuses primarily on mechanisms for coping with MS-related disabilities. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: MSA

"MSA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MSA" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: MSA

CountryName
Czech Republic

MSA a.s.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: MSA

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "MSA": Msa-aa.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MSA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

msa

897

msa account

8

msa software

37

msa online.com.au

8

msa 128a

29

sony msa 128a

8

128s2 msa

29

msa 64a

8

msa respirator

27

hospital msa

8

msa insurance

23

canada msa

7

msa safety

20

bank msa

7

msa scba

16

group msa

6

archer msa

14

128a compuhq justdeals mint msa pulled rebuilt refurb refurbished remanufactured sony

6

msa hard hat

13

msa 128

6

code msa

11

msa instrument

6

sony msa 128s2

10

detector gas msa

6

ces msa.org

10

inc msa

5

msa solution

10

map msa

5

msa web site

9

msa medical savings account

5

msa survey

9

messenger msa

5

msa population

9

guitar msa steel

5

chicago msa

9

msa health plan

5

msa gas mask

8

msa professional services

5

ford msa

8

msa safety equipment

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: MSA

Language Translations for "MSA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

de alvorligst berørte lande (most seriously affected countries, MSA-Country). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

MSA-land (most seriously affected countries, MSA-Country), MSA landen (most seriously affected countries, MSA-Country), meest getroffen landen (most severely affected countries, MSA-country). (various references)

   

French

  

pays les plus affectés, dits MSA (MSA-country), pays le plus gravement touché (MSA-Country). (various references)

   

German

  

MSA-Land (most seriously affected countries, MSA-Country), MSAC (most seriously affected countries, MSA-Country). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

οι πιο σοβαρά πληγείσες χώρες (most seriously affected countries, MSA-Country). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amsay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

países más gravemente afectados (most seriously affected countries, MSA-Country). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: MSA

Derivations

Words ending with "MSA": ahimsa. (additional references)

Words containing "MSA": ahimsas, doomsayer, doomsayers, doomsaying, doomsayings, memsahib, memsahibs, samsara, samsaras. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: MSA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: mas.

Words within the letters "a-m-s"

-1 letter: am, as, ma.

 Words containing the letters "a-m-s"
 

+1 letter: aims, alms, amas, amis, amps, amus, arms, bams, cams, dams, gams, hams, jams, lams, macs, mads, maes, mags, mans, maps, mars, mash, mask, mass, mast, mats, maws, mays, mesa, moas, pams, rams, same, samp, scam, seam, sham, sima, slam, soma, spam, swam, tams, yams.

 

+2 letters: abysm, acmes, agism, agmas, almas, almes, alums, amahs, amass, ambos, amens, amias, amids, amies, amins, amirs, amiss, ammos, amoks, amuse, amyls, arums, atmas, atoms, balms, barms, beams, bemas, bimas, blams, calms, camas, cames, camps, chams, chasm, clams, comas, crams, cymas, dames, damns, damps, drams, dumas, exams, fames, farms, flams, foams, gamas, gambs, games, gamps, gaums, grams, haems, halms, hames, harms, iambs, imams, jambs, kames, lamas, lambs, lames, lamps, limas, loams, maars, mabes, maces, machs, macks, mages, magus, maids, mails, maims, mains, mairs, maist, makes, makos, males, malls, malms, malts, mamas, manas, manes, manos, manse, manus, marcs, mares, marks, marls, marse, marsh, marts, maser, mashy, masks, mason, massa, masse, massy, masts, mates, maths, matts, mauds, mauls, mauts, mavis, maxes, maxis, mayas, mayos, mayst, mazes, meads, meals, means, meats, mensa, mesas, miasm, micas, minas, moans, moats, molas, monas, moras, moxas, muras, musca, mynas, names, nemas, nomas, ogams, omasa, palms, pimas, plasm, prams, psalm, pumas, ramps, ramus, reams, roams, sagum, salmi, samba, sambo, samek, samps, satem, scamp, scams, scram, seams, seamy, shame, shams, shawm, sigma, simar, simas, slams, smack, small, smalt, smarm, smart, smash, smaze, smear, somas, spams, spasm, stamp, steam, stoma, sumac, summa, swami, swamp, swamy, swarm, tames, tamis, tamps, teams, trams, vamps, wames, wamus, warms, whams.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Company Usage
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Abbreviations
12. Acronyms
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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