Umbra (disambiguation)

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Umbra is the Latin word for shadow

• in mythology, it refers to the "shades" of the dead, see shade (mythology)
• in astromomy, umbra refers to the shadow cast by a celestial body.

As a proper name, Umbra may refer to:

• A genus of freshwater fishes of the family Umbridae, of the order Esociformes, commonly known as the mudminnows
• Umbra (typeface), an American typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton
• Umbra (company), a Toronto based designer and manufacturer of houseware
• Umbra, the circular dark region of a sunspot that is surrounded by the semi-bright penumbra
• Umbra (comics), a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
• Umbra (World of Darkness), realms within the role-playing game World of Darkness
• Umbra Software, a video game middleware company
• A member of the Order of Mata Nui (Umbra) in the LEGO Bionicle storyline
• The primary antagonist in the animated series, Mighty Orbots
• Umbra Witches, Order of Witches in the Video Game Bayonetta
• Umbra, a sphere-like creature in Warhammer 40,000
• Umbra poets, a collective of young Black writers, formed in Manhattan's East Side in 1962; publishers of Umbra Magazine
• Umbra, a sword and multiple characters in The Elder Scrolls series of Role-playing games.
• Queen Umbra is the main antagonist in Child of Light.

See also

• Umbral calculus
• Umber, brown clay pigment (from the Latin umbra, "shadow", see above)