Mama
Encyclopedia
Mama or Mamma(s) may refer to:
- MotherMotherA mother, mum, mom, momma, or mama is a woman who has raised a child, given birth to a child, and/or supplied the ovum that grew into a child. Because of the complexity and differences of a mother's social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to specify a universally...
, a female parent - Mamma (anatomy) or breast, the upper ventral region of a mammal’s torso
Albums
- Mama (Vitas album)
- Mama (Nomeansno album)Mama (Nomeansno album)Mama is the debut album of the band, Nomeansno. Recorded in 1982 by brothers John and Rob Wright, the album was initially available with a limited number of 500 vinyl pressings...
Songs
- "Mama" (David Whitfield song), also covered by Connie Francis and others
- "Mama" (Genesis song)Mama (Genesis song)"Mama" was the first single from Genesis' 1983 self-titled album. It is recognizable for its harsh drum machine introduction composed by Mike Rutherford, which leads into minimalist synthesizer lines in minor keys and finally Phil Collins' reverb-laden voice. It remains the band's biggest...
- "Mama" (Il Divo song)Mama (Il Divo song)-Song information:Mama was the first original song ever released by Il Divo. It was released both as limited edition single and as a DVD. It is also included in the DVD Il Divo: Live at the Greek Theater....
- "Mama" (Spice Girls song)Mama (Spice Girls song)"Mama" is a song by British pop group Spice Girls. It was written by the Spice Girls, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard, and produced by Rowe and Stannard for the group's debut album Spice, released in November 1996...
- "Mama" (Tozzi & Branigan song)
- "Mama (Ana Ahabak)Mama (Ana Ahabak)"Mama " is the third and final single from Christina Stürmer's debut album, Freier Fall. The song became Stürmer's second number one song in Austria. The song deals with the war in Iraq between Iraq and the United States....
", a song by Christina Stürmer - "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)Mama (Loves A Crackhead)"Mama " is the second single by Plan B, taken from his debut album Who Needs Actions When You Got Words, which was released two weeks prior to the single.-Background:...
", a song by Plan B - "Mama" (Heintje song), a song by Heintje
- "Mama", a song by B. J. ThomasB. J. ThomasBilly Joe "B. J." Thomas is an American popular singer known for his chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s—appearing on the pop, adult contemporary, country and Hot 100 charts.-Career:...
- "Mama", a song by Beth Hart from Screamin' for My SupperScreamin' for My SupperScreamin' For My Supper, released in 1999, is Beth Hart's second album. It peaked at #143 on the Billboard albums chart in the US and #22 in New Zealand where L.A. Song hit #1.-Track listing:#"Just a Little Hole" – 5:16...
- "Mama", a song by Electric Light Orchestra from ELO 2
- "Mama", a song by The Kelly FamilyThe Kelly FamilyThe Kelly Family is an Irish-American-European music group consisting of a multi-generational family, who play a repertoire of rock, pop and folk music. They have had chart and concert success in Europe and other parts of the world, especially in Germany, the Benelux countries, Scandinavia, Eastern...
- "Mama", a song by My Chemical Romance from The Black ParadeThe Black ParadeThe Black Parade is the third studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance. Released on October 23, 2006 through Reprise Records, it was produced by Rob Cavallo, who has also produced albums for Green Day. The album is the first on which Bob Bryar plays drums. It is a rock opera centering...
- "Mama", a song by Oingo Boingo from Boi-ngoBOI-NGOBoi-ngo is the fifth album by Oingo Boingo, released in 1987. Its original proposed title was More Nervous Energy. This album was also released in a limited edition box set of seven inch vinyl records which included the additional studio track "Mama"...
- "Mama", a song by The Sugarcubes from Life's Too GoodLife's Too GoodLife's Too Good, released in April 1988, was the first album by the Icelandic alternative rock-pop band The Sugarcubes, which brought fame to lead vocalist Björk...
- "Mama", a song by The-Dream from Love HateLove HateLove Hate is the debut album of American R&B and pop artist The-Dream, released December 11, 2007 on his Def Jam-imprint label Radio Killa. He has stated that the title is an abbreviation for "Love me all summer, hate me all winter". Primarily an R&B and pop outting, Love Hate was produced during...
- "Mama", a song by Toto from Hydra
- "Mama", a song by Vladimir ArzumanyanVladimir ArzumanyanVladimir Arzumanyan is an Armenian singer. He represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the entry Mama ....
Other media
- Mama (magazine)Mama (magazine)Mama is a magazine published in Sweden and the Netherlands. It was the fourteenth best selling magazine in Sweden in 2004.-External links:**...
, a Swedish magazine - Mama (software)Mama (software)Mama is an educational object-oriented programming language designed to help young students start programming by providing all language elements in the student mother tongue...
, an object-oriented programming language - Mama (TV series)Mama (TV series)Mama is a weekly Maxwell House-sponsored CBS television comedy-drama series which ran from July 1, 1949 until March 17, 1957.Based on the Kathryn Forbes memoir Mama's Bank Account, which was also adapted for the 1944 John Van Druten play and subsequent 1948 film I Remember Mama, it told the...
, a 1949-1957 American comedy-drama series - Ma-maMa-maMa-ma is a musical film from 1976 and is a Soviet-French-Romanian co-production....
, a 1976 Soviet-French-Romanian musical film - Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), an annual South Korean music awards show
- Thelma HarperThelma HarperThelma Harper is a fictional character, who originally appeared on the ongoing Mama's Family on The Carol Burnett Show. She was portrayed by Vicki Lawrence...
or "Mama", a fictional character played by Vicki Lawrence on The Carol Burnett Show and the sitcom Mama's Family - Mama, a stage musical by Mbongeni NgemaMbongeni NgemaMbongeni Ngema a South African writer, lyricist, composer and director was born in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal . He started his career as a theatre backing guitarist.He is married to actress Leleti Khumalo...
- "Mama", a short story by Dorothy Allison in Trash: Short StoriesTrash: Short StoriesTrash: Short Stories by Dorothy Allison, was first published in 1988 by Firebrand Books, later by Penguin and Plume . It won the 1989 Lambda Literary Award for "Best Lesbian Small Press Book" and the Lambda Literary Award "Best Lesbian Fiction"....
- Mamma, a novel by Rhoda BroughtonRhoda BroughtonRhoda Broughton was a novelist.-Life:Rhoda Broughton was born in Denbigh in North Wales on 29 November 1840. She was the daughter of the Rev. Delves Broughton youngest son of the Rev. Sir Henry Delves-Broughton, 8th baronet. She developed a taste for literature, especially poetry, as a young girl...
- Mamma.com, a metasearch engine operated by CopernicCopernicCopernic Inc. is a company based in Quebec, Canada specializing in web search technology. They also provide home and business software products for desktop, web and mobile users through their web sites.-History:...
Places
- Mama, Yucatán, a municipality of YucatánMunicipalities of YucatánThe Mexican state of Yucatán is made up of 106 municipios , organized into 9 administrative regions. Most of the names of the municipalities come from the Yucatec Maya language, which is still spoken by more of 30% of the population, according to INEGI ....
- Mama (urban-type settlement), an urban-type settlement in Irkutsk OblastAdministrative divisions of Irkutsk Oblast*Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug**Districts:***Alarsky ****with 17 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.***Bayandayevsky ****with 12 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction....
, Russia- Mama AirportMama AirportMama Airport is an airport in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia located northwest of Mama on the Vitim River. It is a small airfield near the town center....
, an airport there
- Mama Airport
Religion and mythology
- Mami (goddess)Mami (goddess)Mami is a goddess in the Babylonian epic Atra-Hasis and in other creation legends. She was probably synonymous with Ninhursag. She was involved in the creation of humankind from clay and blood...
or Mama, a goddess in the Babylonian epic Atra-Hasis - NinhursagNinhursagIn Sumerian mythology, Ninhursag or Ninkharsag was the earth and mother goddess, one of the seven great deities of Sumer. She is principally a fertility goddess. Temple hymn sources identify her as the 'true and great lady of heaven' and kings of Sumer were 'nourished by Ninhursag's milk'...
or Mamma, a Sumerian earth goddess - Mammes of CaesareaMammes of CaesareaSaint Mammes of Caesarea ; is a semi-legendary child-martyr of the 3rd century. He was martyred at Caesarea. His parents, Theodotus and Rufina, were also martyred.-Life:...
or Mammas, semi-legendary child-martyr of the 3rd century
Other uses
- MAMAMamaMama or Mamma may refer to:*Mother, a female parent*Mamma or breast, the upper ventral region of a mammal’s torso-Albums:*Mama *Mama -Songs:...
, an art gallery in Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPIMassachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPILocated in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI was founded in 1992 by the Massachusetts State Legislature as a public magnet school to serve academically advanced youth in grades eleven and twelve in math, science, and technology.The school emphasizes...
(MAMAS) - Mamma, in mathematical finance, a chart showing the relationships among the option GreeksGreeks (finance)In mathematical finance, the Greeks are the quantities representing the sensitivities of the price of derivatives such as options to a change in underlying parameters on which the value of an instrument or portfolio of financial instruments is dependent. The name is used because the most common of...
- Mama Noodles, a Thai brand of instant noodles by Thai President FoodsThai President FoodsThai President Foods PCL is a Bangkok based Thai company established April 18, 1972. It is internationally quite well known for its instant noodles under the brand "MAMA".- Company :...
See also
- Mama and papaMama and papaIn linguistics, mama and papa refers to the sequences of sounds , and similar ones known to correspond to the word for "mother" and "father" in many languages of the world....
, in linguistics, the sequences of sounds corresponding to the words for "mother" and "father" - Ma-MhaMa-MhaMa-Mha is a 2007 Thai comedy-drama film directed by Pantham Thongsang and Somkiet Vituranich about a pack of stray dogs in suburban Bangkok who want to cross a busy highway in hopes of finding a better life on the other side of the road...
, a 2007 Thai film - Mame (disambiguation)Mame (disambiguation)Mame may refer to:* Mame , a 1966 Broadway musical by Jerry Herman** Mame , a 1974 American film based on the musical** Mame , a soundtrack album* MAME, an emulator for arcade games...
- Mami (disambiguation)