Meta

See also: meta, META, metá, méta, metà, mêta, and meta-

English

Etymology 1

Named for its connotative evocation of the idea of the metaverse.

Proper noun

Meta

  1. Meta Platforms, Inc., doing business as Meta, formerly called Facebook, Inc. (until late 2021); it is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company that is the parent organization of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, among other subsidiaries.
  2. Meta, a biomedical research discovery tool (2010-2022; scheduled for shutdown in 2022).

Etymology 2

Named after Meta Schreifer, the sister of a railroad official.

Proper noun

Meta

  1. A city in Missouri.

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

Meta

  1. a female given name, a 19th century variant of Mette (=Margaret)

Estonian

Proper noun

Meta

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Margaret

German

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

Meta

  1. a female given name, variant of Margarete, popular in Germany around 1900

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈme.ta/, /ˈmɛ.ta/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eta, -ɛta
  • Syllabification: Mé‧ta, Mè‧ta

Proper noun

Meta f

  1. A small town in Naples, Italy

References
  1. Meta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Spanish

Proper noun

Meta ?

  1. A department of Colombia

Derived terms
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