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Noun: mama  ma-mu or maa-mu [N. Amer], mu'maa or ma-mu [Brit]
Usage: informal
  1. A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
    - mother, female parent, ma [informal], mamma [informal], mom [N. Amer, informal], momma [N. Amer, informal], mommy [N. Amer, informal], mammy [informal], mum [Brit, informal], mummy [informal], mam [UK, informal], supermom [informal]
Noun: Mama
  1. A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped, meaning 'Mother'

Derived forms: mamas

Type of: parent, Semitic deity

Encyclopedia: Mama, Take Me Home