MARSA (Ar.),
a port; e.g. Marsala, in Sicily, i.e. Marsa-Allah (the port of God); Marsalquivir, i.e. Marsal-el-kebir (the great port). In Malta: Marsa-scala, Marsa-scirocco, Marsa-muscetto, Marsa Torno.
MAS (Irish),
the thigh—applied in topography to a long low hill; e.g. Massreagh (gray hill); Mausrower (thick hill); Massareene, i.e. Mas-a-rioghna (the queen’s hill); but Massbrook, Co. Mayo, is not from this root; it is a translation of Sruthan-an-aiffrinn (the brook where the mass used to be celebrated).
MAUM, MOYM, or MAM,
Irish madhm (a mountain pass or chasm); e.g. Maum-Turk (the boar’s pass); Maumakeogh (the pass of the mist); Maumnaman (of the women); Maumnahaltora (of the altar).
MAVRO (Modern Grk.),
black; e.g. Mavrovouno (the black mountain); Mavro Potamo (the black river), in Greece; Mavrovo and Mavroya (the black town), in Turkey.
MAWR,
by mutation fawr, Welsh (great)—v. MOR, p. 143.