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Gender Masculine
Usage Berber, Northern African, History
Scripts ⵎⵙⵏⵙⵏ, ⵎⴰⵙⵏⵙⴻⵏ, ⵎⴵⵏⴵⵏ(Berber Tifinagh)
Other Forms FormsMasnsen (Kabyle), Masensen, Massena, Masinissa
Meaning & History
Means "their lord" from the consonants MSNSN, in turn derived from Tamazight mas meaning "lord" and n sen meaning "to them". This was the name of a Berber ruler and the first King of Numidia.