Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

b. m. a.

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

Syllables: b. m. a.
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of British Military Administration, used in the late 1940s as an overprint on certain stamps of Great Britain used in British offices in Eritrea and Tripolitania.

British usage

Usage

British usage

Questions

What does b. m. a. mean?: Initialism of British Military Administration, used in the late 1940s as an overprint on certain stamps of Great Britain used in British offices in Eritrea and Tripolitania.

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