אוּשָׁא, Uhsa, in Galilee; freq. the scene of rabbin. synods and enactments during and after the Hadrianic persecutions. Keth. 50ᵃ מרה דשמעתא דא׳ master of the traditions of U. (in whose name they are quoted). [Ib. קאי באוכלוסא דא׳, read בהילכתא engaged in teaching the laws passed at U.] R. Hash. 31ᵇ; a. fr.