Meta

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

English

Etymology 1

The technology conglomerate is named for its connotative evocation of the idea of the metaverse, the research tool after metascience.

Proper noun

Meta

1. Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly Facebook, Inc. (until late 2021): an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company that is the parent organization of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, among other subsidiaries.
2. (historical, 2010–2022) Meta, a biomedical research discovery tool.

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Meta

1. A city in Osage County, Missouri.

Anagrams

• AEMT, ATEM, Atem, Tame, Team, Tema, mate, maté, meat, tame, team

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeta/
• Rhymes: -eta

Proper noun

Meta

1. definite nominative singular of Metë

Proper noun

Meta

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

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

Related terms

• Mare, Maret, Margit, Margot, Margareeta, Meeta, Reet

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːta/

• Audio:

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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/
• Rhymes: -eta, -ɛta
• Hyphenation: Mé‧ta, Mè‧ta

Proper noun

Meta f

1. A small town in Naples, Italy

Anagrams

• mate, matè, team, tema

Spanish

Proper noun

Meta ?

1. A department of Colombia

Derived terms

• metense