UMA

See also: uma, UMa, Uma, and -uma

English

Noun

UMA (countable and uncountable, plural UMAs)

1. (computing) Initialism of unified memory access.
2. (dated, computing) Initialism of upper memory area.
3. Initialism of union membership agreement.
4. (wasei-eigo) Initialism of unidentified mysterious animal.

Related terms

• (upper memory area): UMB, HMA

See also

• (upper memory area): EMS, XMS, EMM, XMM

Anagrams

• AMU, AUM, MAU, MUA, Mau, amu, aum

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from U +‎ M +‎ A, coined as an acronym of unidentified mysterious animal by analogy with UFO (yūfō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːma̠]

Noun

UMA(ユーマ) • (yūma) 

1. (neologism, cryptozoology) a cryptid
   • 2011 July 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)四(よん)十(じゅう)五(ご)訓(くん)　かまくらはどんだけ頑(がん)張(ば)って作(つく)っても次(つぎ)の日(ひ)にはどっかのクソガキに壊(こわ)される”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) (銀(ぎん)魂(たま)), volume 40 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     ……ただのビッグフットなんてこの世(よ)に存(そん)在(ざい)しねェェェェ‼なんでこんな所(ところ)に伝(でん)説(せつ)のUMA(ユーマ)が生(せい)息(そく)してんだァァ‼なんでビッグフットがスニーカーはいってんだァ！

     ……Tada no Biggufutto nan te kono yo ni sonzaishi neeeee‼ Nan de konna tokoro ni densetsu no yūma ga seisokushiten daaa‼ Nan de Biggufutto ga sunīkā haitten dā!

     ……There’s no such thing as Bigfoot!! Why would a legendary cryptid be living here!? And why would Bigfoot even wear sneakers for fudge’s sake?