Matua
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- Matua Island is another name for the island of Matsuwa located in the Kurilian archipelago northeast of Japan between Hokkaidō and the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia.
- Matua (also called Matao) was the name of the higher of two divisions of the ruling Chamori caste in ancient Chamoru society.
- Hotu Matua was the legendary Polynesian king who led his people east to be the first settlers of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
- Matua is a municipality in the province of Pinar del Río, Cuba
- Matua is also a spider genus (Gnaphosidae).
- Fred Matua is an American Footballer
- John Matua is a Kapu Kuialua fighter
- Io Matua Kore is a Māori god
- Puang Matua is a god for the Toraja of Sulawesi
- Te Matua Ngahere is an ancient giant kauri tree in New Zealand