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Moss
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moss MOSS möss
English
+ (surname)
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thumb|Moss, Tennessee
Proper noun
en.
en village/and/civil parish (served by Moss and District Parish Council) in the metbor/Doncaster co/South Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SE5914. Parish map (South Yorkshire)
en coastal town/and/municipality in co:suf/Viken c/Norway.
en number of places c/USA:
en Moss Landing, California.
en unincorporated community co/Jasper County s/Mississippi.
en unincorporated community co/Clay County s/Tennessee.
en former community co/Gilmer County s/West Virginia.
Derived terms
en Moss Vale
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.
References
Anagrams
en moss SMOS SMOs soms
Low German
Etymology
From nds gml mos, from nds osx *mos, from nds gem-pro *musą moss. Cognate with en moss.
Noun
n - nds GLG
moss
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
lb /mos/
lb os 1
Noun
f
lb slang chick, bird, girl
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
no:+ (tettsted)
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb town with bystatus/and/municipality co/Østfold c/Norway
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
nn:+ kommune
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn town with bystatus/and/municipality co/Østfold c/Norway