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| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MSA | Dutch | Statistisch gebied van een grote stad | Post & Telecom |
MSA | English | Merchant Shipping Act | N/A |
MSA | French | Altitude minimale de secteur | Post & Telecom, Transportation |
MSA | German | Sektorenmindesthöhe über Meer | Post & Telecom, Transportation |
MSA | Greek | μητροπολιτική στατιστική περιοχή | Post & Telecom |
MSA | Italian | Altitudine minima di settore | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: MSA |
| Specialty definitions using "MSA": Geographic Component ♦ metropolitan statistical area, Metropolitan Statistical Areas. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
References | |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Czech Republic | MSA a.s. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "MSA": Msa-aa. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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. | ||
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). | |
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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