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Mother's Day is celebrated in the United States on the second Sunday in May.

Here are several 'Top Ten' lists about mothers compiled by Dr. Audra Himes, and Paul JJ Payack at yourDictionary. We hope you enjoy them.

Top English Words for Mother on the World Wide Web
1.		mother	20,000,000
2.		mom	5,500,000
3.		mama	2,500,000
4.		mum	1,200,000
5.		mamma	900,000
6.		mommy	800,000
7.		mummy	600,000
8.		momma	400,000
9.		mums	125,000
10.		mumsy	2,500

Ten Prominent Mothers in the English Language
1.		Mother of God
2.		Mother Earth
3.		Mother Nature
4.		The Queen Mum
5.		Motherland
6.		Mother Tongue
7.		Mother Goose
8.		Motherboard
9.		The Mother Lode
10.		The Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa)

Top Ten Mothers of Contemporary Music
1.		Mama	Mario Lanza
2.		Mammy	Al Jolsen
3.		Mothership Connection	Parliament/George Clinton
4.		Mother	Pink Floyd
5.		Mother-in-Law	Ernie K-Doe
6.		Various	Yo-Yo Ma
7.		Lady Madonna	The Beatles
8.		Mother's Little Helper	Rolling Stones
9.		Mothers of the Disappeared	U2
10.		Mamma mia!	Abba

Mothers in the King James Bible
Rank		Book	Occurrences
1.		Genesis	14
2.		2nd Kings	13
3.		Proverbs	12
4.		Matthew	11
5. (tie)		2nd Chronicles 1st Kings	10
7.		Luke	9
8.		Mark	8
9.		Deuteronomy	7
10. (tie)		Judges Jeremiah	6

Top Ten Appearances of Mother in the Works of Shakespeare
('Mother' is mentioned 232 times in the plays of Shakespeare.)
1.		Hamlet	37
2.		Coriolanus	17
3.		Cymbeline	13
4.		Richard the Third	12
5. (tie)		All's Well that Ends Well Titus Andronicus	10
7.		King Lear	9
8. (tie)		King John The Winter's Tale	8
9. (tie)		MacBeth Romeo and Juliet Henry the Sixth, Part I Henry the Sixth, Part 2 Merry Wives of Windsor	6

How to Say 'Mother' in Artificial Languages

Interlingua (Language based on English, Italian, French and Spanish)
Matre (mother)
Mamma (mom)

Lojban (Language designed to be culturally neutral; in the future possibly used by both humans and computers.)
Mamta (mother)

Slovio (Universal Slavic language)
Mama (mother)

Esperanto
Patrino (mother-"father" is patro)

Ido (Another language based on European languages)
Matro (mother)

Klingon (Star Trek Language)
SoSoy (mother)