Massa Explained

Massa may refer to:

Places

Italy

• Province of Massa and Carrara, province in the Tuscany region of Italy
• Duchy of Massa and Carrara, controlled the towns of Massa di Carrara and Carrara
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino was before 1978 called diocese of Massa Marittima

Italian towns

• Massa, Tuscany, the administrative seat of the Italian province of Massa-Carrara.
• Massa d'Albe, province of L'Aquila
• Massa di Somma, province of Naples
• Massa e Cozzile, province of Pistoia
• Massa Fermana, province of Ascoli Piceno
• Massa Fiscaglia, province of Ferrara
• Massa Lombarda, province of Ravenna
• Massa Lubrense, province of Naples
• Massa Marittima, province of Grosseto
• Massa Martana, province of Perugia

France

• Peyrusse-Massas, commune in the Gers department in southwestern France
• Castillon-Massas, commune in the Gers department in southwestern France
• Hôtel de Massa, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris

Morocco

• Massa, Morocco, a town
• Souss-Massa National Park, national park on the Atlantic coast of Morocco
• Souss-Massa, one of the twelve regions of Morocco

Other countries

• Massa (river), river in Switzerland
• Massa (Tanzanian ward), administrative ward in the Mpwapwa district of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania
• Massa, Libya, a town in Libya
• Massah (מסה), place where the Israelites quarreled with God, according to the Torah

Fictional locations

• Polis Massa, fictional planet from Star Wars

People

• Massa (surname)
• Massa (biblical figure), from Genesis
• Massa Makan Diabaté (1938–1988), Malian historian, author, and playwright
• Michael of Massa (Michael Beccucci de Massa) (died 1337), Italian Augustinian Hermit and theologian

Groups

• Ray Massa's EuroRhythms, Italian-American band from Columbus, Ohio

Animals

• Massa (gorilla), gorilla from the Philadelphia Zoo

Other uses

• Massa language, African language
• Portuguese sweet bread or Massa Sovada
• El Massa, Algerian daily newspaper Printed in Arabic
• Massa Marittima Cathedral, main church of Massa Marittima
• Massa–Senigallia Line, in the linguistics of the Romance languages
• Massa intermedia, the Interthalamic adhesion
• Massa, in early African American Vernacular English, see slave master
• Massa (song)

See also

• Masa (disambiguation)