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ama

1

[ ah-mah ]

noun

plural amas, ama.
  1. a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.


-ama

2
  1. variant of -orama, occurring as the final element in compounds when the first element is a disyllable ending in - r, used so that the entire word maintains the same number of syllables as panorama :

    rollerama; Futurama.

A.M.A.

3

abbreviation for

  1. American Management Association.
  2. American Medical Association.
  3. American Motorcycle Association.

AMA

abbreviation for

  1. American Medical Association
  2. Australian Medical Association
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ama1

From Japanese, dating back to 1945–50, of uncertain origin
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Named to honor the Ama freedivers — a 2,000-year-old tradition of predominantly women-led divers who gather pearls and seafood in Japan — the bestselling Lindquist Big Ama Bag is a perfectly proportioned shoulder-carry bucket tote.

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Team-mate Ama Pipi progressed to the semi-finals as a non-automatic qualifier, but the 29-year-old did not make the final after finishing fifth in 52.29secs in the evening session.

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Three members of Congress introduced a new version of a previous bill, based on Truman’s idea, but again, it faced strong opposition from the AMA over national health insurance.

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Time after time, promising artists like Jamelia, Sadie Ama and even Raye have been let down by labels that don't know how to promote R&B to a UK audience.

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In 2023, the American Medical Association refused to debate a resolution calling for a ceasefire, while in June of this year dozens of health care professionals and students protested the AMA’s House of Delegates meeting in Chicago, where a compromise resolution calling generally for peace in Israel and Palestine ultimately won over resolutions that would have called explicitly for a ceasefire, condemned collective punishment tactics such as restricting access to food, water or health care, and opposed U.S. funding to entities that commit war crimes.

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