Tama

Tama may mean:

People

• 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

Religion

• Tama (魂), part of the soul in the Japanese Shinto faith, roughly equivalent to ghost, spirit, or soul
• A votive deposit used in the Greek Orthodox Church
• Tama-nui-te-rā, the personification of the Sun in Māori mythology

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

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 (Hysteric Blue), a Japanese musician. ex-Hysteric Blue
• Tama (Cascade), a Japanese musician. ex-Cascade
• Tama (Porno Graffitti), a Japanese musician. ex-Porno Graffitti
• 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

See also

• w:ja:タマ
• w:ja:玉
• w:ja:多摩