Maas

[ mahs ]

noun

1. Dutch name of the Meuse.

Maas

¹

/ maːs /

noun

1. the Dutch name for the Meuse

maas

²

/ mɑːs /

noun

1. thick soured milk

Word History and Origins

Origin of Maas¹

from Nguni amasi milk

Example Sentences

One reason was a recently completed project that diverted floodwaters into a 1,300-acre wetland, which held the water and lowered parts of the raging Maas by more than a foot.

From MIT Technology Review

Still, Maas says, that affiliation is important, since it relates to particular resources and opportunities.

From Popular-Science

“We found that women and the Global South are strikingly underrepresented,” says Maas.

From Popular-Science

Maas also says that the study’s binary approach to gender is not ideal, but is based on the currently available data—and that in the future, it will be important to expand out.

From Popular-Science

“More New Yorkers have developed a connection to Rockaway since Sandy,” Maas says.

From The Daily Beast

They also sent the bodies of Loren and Maas to Pennsylvania for further forensic testing unavailable in Canada, said Leslie.

From The Daily Beast

Fitzpatrick would not say how Legebokoff may have met Stuchenko, Maas, and Montgomery, and if they met online.

From The Daily Beast

Joseph Maas was one of the singers whom this company did much for; and George Conly was another.

From Project Gutenberg

On our opening night of Faust he gave out with a sore throat, and Maas took his place successfully.

From Project Gutenberg

Hubert was born, perhaps about 1365, at Maas Eyck, from which he takes his name.

From Project Gutenberg

You must make up your mind therefore at once, as I shall not touch at another till we come off Brill, at the mouth of the Maas.

From Project Gutenberg

It is situated on the top of an old dike or dam, built to keep the Maas from overflowing the country behind it.

From Project Gutenberg