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ama
1[ah-mah]
noun
plural
amas, amaa Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
-ama
2variant of -orama, occurring as the final element in compounds when the first element is a disyllable ending in - r, used so that the entire word maintains the same number of syllables as panorama .
rollerama; Futurama.
A.M.A.
3abbreviation
American Management Association.
American Medical Association.
American Motorcycle Association.
AMA
abbreviation
American Medical Association
Australian Medical Association
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ama1
Example Sentences
"For three months, these three children and Kilmar's wife have been wondering, 'When will their loved one come home? When will their husband come home? When will their father come home?'" said Ama Frimpong, legal director of the Maryland-headquartered immigrant and workers' rights organization CASA, of which Abrego Garcia is a member.
Named to honor the Ama freedivers — a 2,000-year-old tradition of predominantly women-led divers who gather pearls and seafood in Japan — the bestselling Lindquist Big Ama Bag is a perfectly proportioned shoulder-carry bucket tote.
Team-mate Ama Pipi progressed to the semi-finals as a non-automatic qualifier, but the 29-year-old did not make the final after finishing fifth in 52.29secs in the evening session.
Three members of Congress introduced a new version of a previous bill, based on Truman’s idea, but again, it faced strong opposition from the AMA over national health insurance.
Time after time, promising artists like Jamelia, Sadie Ama and even Raye have been let down by labels that don't know how to promote R&B to a UK audience.
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