Maas

Maas is the name, in English borrowed from the Dutch language, of a river that is also named Meuse (river), in English borrowed from French language. The practical use in English may be influenced by the context at a lower or upper stream location.

Surname

Maas also is a Dutch and North German surname. It can be toponymic ("from the Maas river"), but usually is of patronymic origin (Maas being a nickname for Thomas).^[1] The surname is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 43rd in 2007 (16,070 people).^[2] People with this name include:

• Adriaan Maas (1907-1996), Dutch Olympic sailor
• Adriana Maas (1702–1746), Dutch stage actress
• Annelies Maas (born 1960), Dutch swimmer
• Anthony Maas (1859–1927), German-born American exegete
• Benjamin Maas (born 1989), German footballer
• Bill Maas (born 1962), American football player
• Cees Maas (born 1947), Dutch businessman, CFO of the ING Group
• Cheryl Maas (born 1984), Dutch snowboarder
• Chris Maas, American canoe sailor
• Cornald Maas (born 1962), Dutch television presenter
• David E. Maas, American historian
• Dick Maas (born 1951), Dutch film maker
• Dirk Maas (1659-1717), Dutch landscape painter
• Duke Maas (1929-1976), American baseball player
• Erich Maas (born 1940), German footballer
• Ernest Maas (1892–1986), American screenwriter
• Frans Maas (born 1964), Dutch long jumper
• Fred Maas (born 1957), American businessman
• Frederica Sagor Maas (1900-2012), American playwright, author and supercentenarian
• Greg Maas (born 1966), American soccer goalkeeper
• Günther Maas (born 1941), German wrestler
• Heiko Maas (born 1966), German politician
• Hermann Maas (1877-1970), German pastor and opponent of Nazism
• James Maas, American social psychologist known for his sleep research
• Jan Maas (1900-1977), Dutch racing cyclist
• Jason Maas (born 1975), Canadian football quarterback
• de:Jelle Maas (born 1991), Dutch badminton player
• Jo Maas (born 1954), Dutch road cyclist
• Joseph Maas (1847-1886), English tenor
• Kevin Maas (born 1965), American baseball player
• Melvin Maas (1898–1964), American Marine aviator and politician from Minnesota
• it:Mirte Maas (b. 1991), Dutch fashion model
• Nell Ginjaar-Maas (1931-2012), Dutch politician
• Nellie Maas, Dutch figure skater
• Nicolaes Maas (1634-1693), Dutch genre and portrait painter
• Paul Maas (1880-1964), German philologist
• Paul Maas (born 1939), Dutch botanist and a specialist in the flora of the neotropics
• Peter Maas (1929–2001), American journalist and author
• Rob Maas (born 1969), Dutch footballer
• Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus (1911-2003), Dutch mycologist
• Rupert Maas (born 1960), English painting specialist and gallery owner
• Sharon Maas (born 1951), Guyanese novelist
• Timo Maas (born 1969), German DJ
• Tjaarke Maas (1974-2004), Dutch painter
• Willard Maas (1906–1971), American experimental filmmaker and poet
• Winy Maas (born 1958), Dutch architect
• de:Wolfram Maas (born 1950), German diplomat

Places

• Kfar Ma'as, a village in Israel
• Maghas or Maas was the capital city of Alania, a medieval kingdom in the Greater Caucasus

Software

• Metal as a Service, a provisioning system for Ubuntu Server, designed for people who need to deploy many servers quickly.

See also

• Amasi, or Maas in Afrikaans - a fermented milk drink
• Maes, French and Flemish spelling of the surname
• Maass, German surname

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