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My vs Ma - What's the difference?

my | ma |

As abbreviations the difference between my and ma

is that my is megayear while MA is massachusetts, a state of the United States of America.

As a determiner my

is belonging to me.

As an interjection my

is used to express surprise, shock or amazement.

As an acronym ma is

milli-arcsecond.

As a noun ma is

mother, mama.

As a proper noun Ma is

{{surname|common|from=Chinese}} of East Asian derivation.

my

English

(wikipedia my)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) my, apocopated form of min, myn, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Determiner

  • Belonging to me.
    • Don't you know my name?
    I recognised him because he had attended my school.
    Derived terms
    (terms derived using my) * my arse * my ass * my bad * my eye * my fellow Americans * my foot * my God * my goodness * my gosh * my pleasure * my son * my way or the highway * my word
    See also
    (English personal pronouns)

    Etymology 2

    An abbreviation of an oath such as my word'' or ''my lord

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (dated) Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
    • My , what big teeth you have!
    Derived terms
    * my my

    Statistics

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    ma

    Translingual

    Symbol

    (head)
  • The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Morocco.
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