Ossa

== English == === Etymology === Surname borrowed from Spanish Ossa, itself from Basque otsoa (“wolf”). === Proper noun === Ossa (countable and uncountable, plural Ossas) A surname. A village in Larissa regional unit, Greece. A village in Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. ==== Derived terms ==== pile Pelion on Ossa ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Ossa is the 33645th 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): [ˈɔs.sa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔs.sa] === Proper noun === Ossa f sg (genitive Ossae); first declension A mountain of Thessaly, separated from the Olympus by the valley of Tempe ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== 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