Tama

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Tama may mean:

Contents 1 People 2 Religion 3 Places 4 Other 5 See also

[edit] People

• Taimah, Meskwaki leader, also called Chief Tama
• Sam Fatu, a professional wrestler, uses this name amongst others
• Tama Janowitz, an American writer
• Hosokawa Tama (細川 玉), a Japanese noblewoman
• nickname for Tamara
• Tama (Cascade), a Japanese musician, formerly of the band Cascade
• Tama (Hysteric Blue), a Japanese musician, formerly of the band Hysteric Blue
• Tama (Porno Graffitti), a Japanese musician, formerly of the band Porno Graffitti

[edit] Religion

• Tama (魂), part of the soul in the Japanese Shinto faith, roughly equivalent to ghost, spirit, or soul
• Tama (plural tamata), a votive deposit or ex-voto used in the Eastern Orthodox Churches
• Tama-nui-te-rā, the personification of the Sun in Māori mythology

[edit] Places

• Tama, Iowa, a city
• Tama County, Iowa
• Tama, La Rioja, Argentina
• Tama, Musashi (多摩郡), an old district in Musashi Province
  • Tama Area (多摩地域), the western portion of Tokyo Prefecture
    • Tama Hills, an expanse of hills stretching along the southwestern flank of Tokyo
      • Tama New Town, a residential development in the Tama Hills
    • Tama, Tokyo (多摩市), a municipality classified as a city, in western Tokyo
      • Tama Hills, A USAF Installation in Tama, Tokyo
    • Nishitama, Tokyo (西多摩郡), a district in Tokyo
    • Tama River (多摩川), a river in Japan
      • Tama-chan, an Arctic seal living in the Tokyo area which became a national celebrity in 2002
  • Tama-ku, Kawasaki (多摩区), a ward in Kawasaki, Kanagawa

[edit] Other

• 1089 Tama (多摩), an asteroid
• TAMA 300, a gravitational wave detector
• TAMA (video game), a Playstation launch game
• Tama (spider), a genus of Tree trunk spiders
• Tama (cat), a cat who is a stationmaster of a Japanese railway station.
• Tama, the Armenian name for a board game from the draughts family.
• Tama Drums, a Japanese brand manufactured by Hoshino Gakki
• Tama people, an ethnic group in Sudan
• Tama language, their language
• Word for darkness in some Slavic languages
• Tama Toshi Monorail Line (多摩都市モノレール線), in Tokyo, Japan
• A type of talking drum in Senegal
• Tama (novel), by Winnifred Eaton
• a minor Kazakh Jüz "horde", numbering ca. 40-45,000
• Tama-chan ("full name" Onsen Tamago), a turtle pet character in Love Hina
• Tama, the reactivated form of the android Dark Washu in No Need for Tenchi
• Tama (electric car), a small electric car, built in Japan in 1947
• Tama Junior, successor of the first Tama electric car in 1948
• Tama Senior, successor of the first Tama electric car in 1948

[edit] See also

• w:ja:タマ
• w:ja:玉
• w:ja:多摩
• Tama, Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
• Tama, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland)

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