Ma, MA, or mA may refer to:
Academia Master of Arts, a degree award Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin), an academic status awarded to holders of a Bachelors of Arts degree at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, or the University of Dublin (Trinity College) Master of Arts (Scottish Ancient universities), a first, undergraduate honours degree at the ancient universities of Scotland Marin Academy, a high school in San Rafael, California Menlo-Atherton High School, a public high school in Atherton, California Minnehaha Academy, a private high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota Monument Academy, a charter school in El Paso county, Colordo
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters Ma (The Lion King), a main character in the animated film Lion King 1½ Ma Beagle, in the Donald Duck universe Ma Hunkel, a DC Comics character Ma and Pa Kettle, a 1940s and 1950s comic film character Ma Perkins, an American radio soap opera (1932-1960) The Ma family, in the 2014 South Korean television series 4 Legendary Witches
Music Albums Ma (Anjan Dutt album) (1998) Ma (Rare Earth album) (1973) Ma (Sagarika album) (1998) Ma (Zubeen Garg album) (2019) Ma (Devendra Banhart album) (2019) Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me), by Lena Zavaroni (1974)
Performers Massive Attack, a British trip hop band Mā (musician), New Zealand songwriter and rapper
Other uses in music In music instructions, "but", especially in the phrase ma non troppo (see Glossary of musical terminology#M) In tonic sol-fa, a flattened me Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives, a website devoted to heavy metal bands
Other uses in arts and entertainment Ma (2019 film), a horror film starring Octavia Spencer and Luke Evans Ma (2015 film), a drama film written and directed by Celia Rowlson-Hall Ma (negative space), a Japanese concept of negative space Memory Alpha, a Star Trek-oriented wiki Miss America, a beauty pageant, and the title awarded at said pageant MA (journal), a Hungarian art magazine
Businesses and organizations
Malév Hungarian Airlines (IATA designator: MA) Mastercard (NYSE stock symbol: MA) Montserrat Airways Ltd (MA LTD), trading as FlyMontserrat Motorcycling Australia Motorsport Australia Orange Movement (Movimento Arancione), an Italian political party Market America, a product brokerage and internet marketing company Museums Association, UK Musicians Australia, a trade union run by the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
Language Ma (cuneiform), a cuneiform sign Ma (Indic), an Indic consonant Ma (Javanese) (ꦩ), a letter in the Javanese script Ma (kana) (ま, マ), a Japanese kana Ma (negative space), a Japanese reading of a Sino-Japanese character Ma language, spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo Ma language (Papuan), a language of Papua New Guinea
Mythology Ma (Sumerian mythology), a Sumerian word to regard the Primordial Land Ma (goddess), an Anatolian goddess Ma, a mythohistoric entrepreneur for whom the Malaysian town of Marang, Terengganu was purportedly named
People Names Ma, an informal synonym for mother Ma (surname) (马/馬), a common Chinese family name Ma (surname 麻), a less common Chinese surname (Mª or Ma.), according to Spanish naming customs#Maria
Groups Ma clique, a group of warlords from 1919 until 1928 Mạ people, a Vietnamese ethnic group Meshwesh, an ancient Libyan tribe
Individuals Ma Barker (1873–1935), American criminal and mother of criminals Ma Beland (1870–1952), American drug trafficker Miriam A. Ferguson (1875–1961), twice governor of Texas Harriet Pullen (1860–1947), American entrepreneur and hotelier Ma Rainey, stage name of American blues singer Gertrude Pridgett (1886–1939) Ma Anand Sheela, Osho movement leader convicted of multiple attempted murders
Places Ma River, a river in Vietnam and Laos Ma, Tibet, a village Morocco (country code "Ma") .ma, the Internet domain for Morocco Madagascar (country code "MA") Maranhão, Brazil (postal code "MA") Maluku (province), Indonesia (subdivision code "MA") Massachusetts, a US state (postal abbreviation "MA")
Science, technology, and mathematics Chemistry Methyl anthranilate, used as a bird repellent Mesaconitine, a toxin from plants
Health and medicine MA (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen Marijuana Anonymous, a group recovery program Medical assistant, a type of health care worker Metabolic acidosis, a medical condition characterized by increased acid production Metabolic alkalosis, a medical condition with an elevated pH level
Mathematics MA (complexity), a set of decision problems that can be decided by an Arthur–Merlin protocol Martin's axiom, an axiom in mathematical logic Moving-average model (MA), in statistics
Measurements Mach number (Ma), a measure of speed compared to the speed of sound Megaannum (Ma), one million years Megaampere (MA), a multiple of the SI unit of electric current, the ampere Milliampere (mA), a multiple of the SI unit of electric current, the ampere
Other uses in science and technology .ma, the Internet domain for Morocco Mechanical advantage, mechanical multiplier of input force Mechanical alloying, a technique to produce alloys Ford MA, a 2002 concept car Nissan MA engine, an automotive engine introduced in 1982
Other uses Martial arts, systems for combat Master-at-arms (United States Navy), an enlisted rating in the US Navy Middle Ages, a period of European history
See also "Mature audience", a U.S. television rating system category, abbreviated TV-MA Maa (disambiguation)