Mana (disambiguation)

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Mana is a concept in Polynesian mythology, borrowed into anthropology as well as works of fantasy.

Mana may also refer to:

• Manna or mana, food produced for the Israelites in the desert

In geography:

• Maňa, a village in Slovakia
• Mana (woreda), a district in Ethiopia
• Mana, French Guiana, a commune of French Guiana
• Mana, New Zealand, a suburb of Porirua, New Zealand
• Mana Island, New Zealand, an island off the southwest coast of the North Island of New Zealand
• Mana River, a river in the Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
• Måna, a river in Tinn, Norway

In music:

• Maná, a Mexican rock group
• Mana (musician), a Japanese musician
• Mana (singer), a Montenegrin singer

In other uses:

• Midwives Alliance of North America
• Mana (game series), a series of video games
• Mana point, a unit of magical power used in many games
• Mana, a character in Mermaid Saga
• Mana, a system for the distribution of municipal grants developed and run by netznetz
• MANA, a GNU fork of the Pine e-mail client

[edit] People with the given name

• Mana Neyestani, Iranian cartoonist of Azari origin
• Mana Nishiura, drummer for Japanese alternative rock band Shonen Knife
• Mana Kirishima, a character in the video game Girlfriend of Steel

[edit] See also

• Manna (disambiguation)
• Mana Motuhake, a New Zealand political party
• Mana Maori Movement, a New Zealand political party
• Mana Genita, a Roman goddess who presided over burials
• Mana mutra, the practice of drinking one's own urine as a medicine
• "Mana Mu", Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
• Mana Pools, a wildlife conservation area and National Park in Western Zimbabwe
• Manafest, a rapper