Moss

See also: moss, MOSS, and möss

English
Moss, Tennessee

Proper noun

Moss

  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish (served by Moss and District Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5914).
  3. A coastal town and municipality in Viken county, Norway.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. Former name of Moss Landing, California.
    2. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
    3. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Tennessee.
    4. A former community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.

Derived terms

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Moss is the 423rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 76,908 individuals. Moss is most common among White (69.73%) and Black (24.71%) individuals.

Anagrams

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German mos, from Old Saxon *mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą (“moss”). Cognate with English moss.

Noun

Moss n (no plural)

  1. moss

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mos/
    • Rhymes: -os

Noun

Moss f (plural Mossen)

  1. (slang) chick, bird, girl

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Moss

  1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Østfold, Norway

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Moss

  1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Østfold, Norway
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