AMBA
Encyclopedia
Given name
- Amba, the traditional first name given to the first daughter in the Cochin Royal FamilyCochin Royal FamilyThe Cochin royal family were rulers of Cochin, or Kochi, India. They were also known as Perumpadapu Swaroopam or Kuru Swaroopam.-Tradition of Perumpadapu Swaroopam:...
, India - Amba (Mahabharata), the eldest daughter of King of Kashi in the Hindu epic
- Amba BongoAmba BongoAmba Bongo is a writer and advocate for refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo-Amba Bongo is a writer and advocate for refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo-Amba Bongo is a writer and advocate for refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo-(Kinshasa. Bongo had been...
, a writer and advocate for refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Amba Hor, a Christian martyr (see Abhor and MehraelaAbhor and MehraelaAbhor and Mehraela were a brother and sister who were martyrs for the Christian faith. The book of their "acts" has been lost. Their feast day is celebrated on January 9 in the Coptic Church.-References:...
) - Amba Sada, also known as PsotePsotePsote , also known as Bisada, Besada, Abashadi, Abassadius, or Beshada, was a bishop of Ptolemais in Upper Egypt. He was martyred by beheading at Antinoe....
, Christian bishop and martyr in Upper Egypt - Sufi Amba PrasadSufi Amba PrasadAmba Prasad, also known as Sufi Amba Prasad, was an Indian nationalist and pan-Islamist leader notable for his involvement in the agrarian unrest in Punjab in 1900s and subsequently in the Revolutionary movement for Indian independence....
(1858–1919), Indian nationalist and pan-Islamist leader - Amba, one of the names of the Hindu goddess DurgaDurgaFor the 1985 Hindi Film of Rajesh Khanna see DurgaaIn Hinduism, Durga ; ; meaning "the inaccessible" or "the invincible"; , durga) or Maa Durga "one who can redeem in situations of utmost distress" is a form of Devi, the supremely radiant goddess, depicted as having eighteen arms, riding a lion...
Languages
- Amba language, one of the three Utupua languagesUtupua languagesThe three Utupua languages form a branch of the Temotu languages:...
of the Solomon Islands - Amba language (Uganda)Amba language (Uganda)Amba is a language spoken in parts of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Amba people. The Amba people call it Kwamba and it is known as Kihumu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Amba has a 70% lexical similarity with Bera...
of Uganda
Other uses
- Amba (condiment)Amba (condiment)Amba is a tangy mango pickle condiment popular in middle eastern cuisine particularly Iraqi and Israeli cuisines. It is also popular in India, where it originates, and is widely manufactured and bottled for the world market...
, a tangy mango pickle condiment - Amba peopleAmba peopleThe Amba are a people located in border area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda south of Lake Albert in the northern foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains. On the Uganda side, they are found in Bundibugyo District. On the Congolese side, they are located in the Watalinga and Bawisa...
of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Amba ResearchAmba ResearchAmba Research is a financial services Knowledge Process Outsourcing firm that provides investment research, analytics, marketing, and middle office support services to the global capital markets industry. Clients of Amba Research include Asset Managers, Investment Banks, Brokerages, Private Equity...
, a Knowledge Process Outsourcing firm - INS Amba (A54)INS Amba (A54)INS Amba was the only submarine tender ship in service with the Indian Navy. It is a modified Soviet design built to Indian specifications in Nikolayev in 1968...
, a submarine tender ship formerly in service with the Indian Navy - Operation AmbaOperation AmbaOperation Amba is the codename of a Russian programme to curtail the poaching of Siberian tigers in the Russian Far East. It was described as a strategic defence of the tiger which uses psychological operations as a major element...
, a Russian programme to curtail the poaching of Siberian tigers in the Russian Far East - Amba (geology)Amba (geology)An amba is a characteristic geologic form in Ethiopia. It is a steep sided, flat topped mountain, often the site of villages, wells and their surrounding farmland. These settlements were located there because they were very defensible and often virtually inaccessible plateaus.The original term in...
, a type of steep sided, flat topped mountain in Ethiopia - Amba RiverAmba RiverAmba River is a river in Primorsky Krai.It rises in Borisov Plateau of Sikhote-Alin and flow into Amur Bay of Sea of Japan. The river is 63 km long, its drainage basin area is 330 square kilometres...
, Russia
AMBA
- Advanced Microcontroller Bus ArchitectureAdvanced Microcontroller Bus ArchitectureThe Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture is used as the on-chip bus in system-on-a-chip designs. Since its inception, the scope of AMBA has gone far beyond microcontroller devices, and is now widely used on a range of ASIC and SoC parts including applications processors used in modern...
an on-chip bus standard for System-on-Chip (SoC) designs - Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, another name for Greater Buenos AiresGreater Buenos AiresGreater Buenos Aires is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative...