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Globally, Bassa (Bassa , Басса , باسا ) is quite a common epicene given name. The first name Bassa is habitual in Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but uncommonly feminine name, Cameroon, where it is a rare boy's name, and Algeria. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Ethiopia, India, and Nigeria. Likewise, Bassa is the last name as well as the forename.
Bassa is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bassa Selim , the operatic character in the opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.