Ama

This disambiguation page refers to words and names that contain Ama. Due to limitations in the wiki software, the lowercase "ama" redirects here.

Ama

Ama may refer to:

• Ama (sailing), an outrigger used on sailing boats
• Ama (diving), traditional Japanese (and predominantly female) divers
• Ama (ayurveda), a product of digestion
• Ama (title), a Samoan title given to the paramount chief and commander in war of the district of Safata
• Ama, Louisiana, a town in the United States
• Ama, Aichi, a city in Japan
• Ama, Shimane, a town in Japan
• Ama, Estonia, a village in Kadrina Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
• Shola Ama, a British singer
• Ama (Ama Kōhei), former ring name for Harumafuji Kōhei, a Mongolian sumo wrestler
• Ama, a language spoken in Papua New Guinea
• Ama, a language spoken in Sudan
• Ama, the Ashanti name for Ghanaian girls and women born on Saturday (also spelt Amma)

AMA

AMA, a three-letter initialism, may refer to:

Medicine

• Advanced maternal age
• Against medical advice, a patient leaving a medical facility early and against the advice of medical staff
• American Medical Association
• Antimitochondrial antibody
• Armenian Medical Association
• Argentine Medical Association
• Australian Medical Association

Non-medical organizations

• Advanced Manageability Alliance formed in October 1996, by Intel and IBM, this alliance introduced the Wake on LAN technology.
• Academy of Model Aeronautics, the United States' national aeromodeling organization
• Academia Mexicana de Arquitectura, Mexican architectural organization
• African Muslim Agency
• Agence Mondiale Antidopage, or World Anti-Doping Agency
• Alberta Motor Association
• Alberta Municipal Affairs
• AMA Computer University, an educational institution in the Philippines

• AMA International University, a branch of AMA Computer University, located in Bahrain

• Amateur Martial Association, a UK based martial arts association
• American Management Association
• American Marketing Association
• American Missionary Association
• American Motorcyclist Association
  • AMA Superbike Championship
  • AMA Supersport Championship
  • AMA Formula Xtreme
  • AMA Supercross Championship
  • AMA Motocross Championship
  • A.M.A. Grand National Championship
• Art Museum of the Americas, an art museum of modern and contemporary works from Latin America and the Caribbean, located in Washington, D.C.
• Asociacion Mexicana Automovilistica, a member of the FIA
• Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses ("Metropolitan Bus Authority"), a public corporation based in Puerto Rico that manages the mass transit bus system on the island
• Association of Model Agents, a British body representing model agencies

Events

• American Music Awards
• Anime Mid-Atlantic, an anime convention held in Virginia, USA
• UK Asian Music Awards

People

• Augustus Akinloye (1919–2007), a Nigerian politician
• A. M. A. Azeez (1911–1973), a pioneering Sri Lankan Moor civil servant and educator

Other uses

• Actual mechanical advantage
• Advanced measurement approach, a Basel II Method of measuring operational risk.
• All Monsters Attack, 1969 Godzilla film
• American Manual Alphabet
• Army Men Advance, a video game
• Asset Management Account, see Asset management
• Automatic Message Accounting, a telephone billing system
• Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport IATA airport code
• An acronym mostly used on internet forums, meaning "Ask Me Anything"