Macha (disambiguation)

Macha is the name of a goddess and several other characters in Irish mythology.

Macha may also refer to:

Places

• Macha crater, a group of meteorite craters in the Sakha Republic, Russia
• Macha, Russia, several rural localities in Russia
• Macha, Zambia, a region and chiefdom in the Southern Province of Zambia
• Lake Mácha, artificial fish pond in the Czech Republic

People

• Macha Oromo, a section or sub-group of the Oromo people

First name

• Macha Grenon (b. 1968), Canadian actress
• Macha Méril (b. 1940), French actress and writer
• Macha Rosenthal (1917–1996), American poet and editor
• Macha van der Vaart (b. 1972), retired Dutch hockey player

Last name

• Ken Macha (b. 1950), former baseball player and manager for the Milwaukee Brewers
• Mike Macha (b. 1954), retired American baseball player
• Lewis Macha (b. 1992), Zambian association football player
• Karel Hynek Mácha (1810–1836), Czech romantic poet
• Otmar Mácha (1922–2006), Czech composer
• Vítězslav Mácha (b. 1948), Czech wrestler

Middle name

• M. Macha Nightmare, American Neopagan witch

Fictional characters

• Macha, a playable character in Chrono Cross
• Macha, alternative name of Mia, a character in the anime .hack//SIGN

Other uses

• LÉ Macha (01), a ship in the Irish Naval Service, named for the goddess
• Macha (band), defunct American experimental post-rock band from Georgia
• Macha Mission, a Christian mission in Zambia
• Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association (MACHA), an American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 2 conference not sanctioned by the NCAA
• Mesodesma donacium, a Chilean native clam colloquially known as a macha, used for example in the dish Machas a la parmesana
• Ensis macha, an edible razor clam from South America, mainly fished in Chile, and known colloquially as navaja or navajuela

See also

• All pages with titles containing Macha or Machas
• All pages with titles beginning with Macha
• Matcha, powdered green tea used for example in the Japanese tea ceremony
• Flag of Macha, the remains of the first physical flag of Argentina
• Santiago de Macha, a town in Potosí Department, Bolivia