mata
Americannoun
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mother (also used as a polite term of address for any older woman).
My mata regularly made me puris with potatoes for breakfast.
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a female spiritual leader or the mother, grandmother, or wife of a male spiritual leader (also used as a title with the leader’s name).
This temple was built as a tribute to Mata Sheetla Devi, wife of the famous Guru Dronacharya.
The lodge owner turned out to be a mata whom the villagers visited to hear their astrological predictions.
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a female deity (also used as a title with the deity’s name).
He was a devotee writing about lord Rama and mata Sita.
Cows are considered to be a manifestation of the goddess Gau Mata.
Etymology
Origin of mata
First recorded in 1870–75; from Sanskrit mātā, nominative of mātṛ “mother”; mother 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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They scored the opening try as Toa Mata'afa put Nofoaluma over for his first score for his new club.
From BBC
With many of Fiji's stars, such as Bristol pair Viliame Mata and Kalaveti Ravouvou, Provence's Caleb Muntz and Lyon's Jiuta Wainiqolo, playing their club rugby in Europe, the venue may make life easier for some of the islanders.
From BBC
Claassen worked with Ralph Hertwig, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, and Jutta Mata, an associate research scientist at the Institute and Professor for Health Psychology at the University of Mannheim.
From Science Daily
Genge, who plays alongside Fiji stars Kalaveti Ravouvou and Viliame Mata at English club Bristol, added: "They are a team full of absolute mavericks and they have got lightning bolts everywhere."
From Barron's
The RSS is “the sacred incarnation of that eternal national consciousness,” the Indian leader said a day ahead of the group’s centenary celebration, when he unveiled a commemorative coin bearing the first-ever such depiction of Bharat Mata—India depicted as a Hindu goddess—an image the RSS has long revered.
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