Ossa
Ossa stands for:
- in Homer the personification of fame and rumor, see Fama
- in anatomy the plural of the term for bones
Mountains:
- Ossa (mountain) , a mountain in Thessaly
- Ossa (Elis) , in ancient times a mountain in Elis, near Olympia
- Mount Ossa , a mountain in Tasmania
Rivers:
- Ossa , river in West Prussia, since 1945: Osa (river)
- a tributary of the Oder in the Czech Republic and Poland (also Hotzenplotz ), see Osobłoga
- Ossa (Lugowaja) , a tributary of the Lugowaja (Parve) in Russia
Places:
- Ossa (Geithain) , a district of the city of Geithain, Leipzig district, Saxony
- Ossa , 1930 to 1945 Schwanhof , an estate district in the Sensburg district, East Prussia, since 1945: Osa (Mikołajki) , village in the powiat Mrągowski, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
- Ossa (Ukraine) , a village (Ukrainian Оса) in western Ukraine
- Ossa (Bisaltien) , an ancient city of the Bisalter in northern Macedonia (Ptol. 3,13,35)
- Ousse (in Occitan), commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in France
Places in Russia:
- Ossa (Irkutsk) , village in Irkutsk Oblast
- Ossa (Kirov) , village in Kirov Oblast
- Ossa (Perm) , city in the Perm region
Ossa is the family name of the following people:
- Carla Ossa (* 1985), Colombian photo model
- Emiliana Concha de Ossa (1862–1905), South American heiress, model and muse
- Germán Patiño Ossa († 2015), Colombian festival organizer, folklorist, historian and anthropologist
- Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto (* 1956), Colombian clergyman, Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona
- Juan Carlos de la Ossa (* 1976), Spanish long-distance runner
- Melchior von Ossa (1506–1557), lawyer in Leipzig
OSSA is an abbreviation for:
- Organization of Serbian students abroad
- Orpheo Sincronia SA (also: OSSA), Spanish motorcycle manufacturer
See also:
