Tama
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Religion

  • Tama , part of the soul
    Soul
    A soul in certain spiritual, philosophical, and psychological traditions is the incorporeal essence of a person or living thing or object. Many philosophical and spiritual systems teach that humans have souls, and others teach that all living things and even inanimate objects have souls. The...

     in the Japanese Shinto
    Shinto
    or Shintoism, also kami-no-michi, is the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. It is a set of practices, to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past. Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written...

     faith, roughly equivalent to ghost, spirit, or soul
  • Tama
    Tama (votive)
    thumb|300px|An [[icon]] of [[Paraskevi|Saint Paraskeva]] with tamata hung beside it. , 2001. The saint holds a plate with two eyeballs on it. She is considered to be a healer of the blind...

     (plural tamata), a votive deposit or ex-voto
    Ex-voto
    An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or divinity. It is given in fulfillment of a vow or in gratitude or devotion...

     used in the Eastern Orthodox Churches
  • Tama-nui-te-rā
    Tama-nui-te-ra
    In Māori mythology, Tama-nui-te-rā is the personification of the Sun.Māui decided that the days were too short and caught Tamanui-te-rā with a snare, then beat him to make him travel more slowly across the sky. In some legends Tama-nui-te-rā is the husband of Ārohirohi, goddess of mirages...

    , the personification of the Sun in Māori mythology

Places

  • Tama, Iowa
    Tama, Iowa
    Tama is a city in Tama County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,731 at the 2000 census. Tama is located a few miles from the Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa's only significant Native American community. Tama was located on the historic Lincoln Highway and is home to an original Lincoln Highway...

    , a city
  • Tama County, Iowa
    Tama County, Iowa
    -2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 17,767 in the county, with a population density of . There were 7,766 housing units, of which 6,947 were occupied.-2000 census:...

  • Tama, Niger
    Tama, Niger
    -References:...

  • Tama, La Rioja, Argentina
  • Tama, Musashi , an old district in Musashi Province
    Musashi Province
    was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo Prefecture, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture. It was sometimes called . The province encompassed Kawasaki and Yokohama...

    , Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

    • Tama Area , the western portion of Tokyo Prefecture
      Tokyo
      , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

      • Tama Hills
        Tama Hills
        is an area of hills stretching across southwest Tokyo and northeast Kanagawa Prefecture in the Kantō Plain on Honshū, Japan. Its total area is approximately 300 km2...

        , an expanse of hills stretching along the southwestern flank of Tokyo
        • Tama New Town
          Tama New Town
          is a large residential development, straddling the municipalities of Hachiōji, Tama, Inagi and Machida cities, in Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a new town in 1965...

          , a residential development in the Tama Hills
      • Tama, Tokyo
        Tama, Tokyo
        is a municipality classified as a city, located in Tokyo, Japan.Its southern half forms part of the Tama New Town project, Japan's largest residential development, constructed in the 1970s....

         , a municipality classified as a city, in western Tokyo
        • Tama Hills, A USAF Installation in Tama, Tokyo
          Tama, Tokyo
          is a municipality classified as a city, located in Tokyo, Japan.Its southern half forms part of the Tama New Town project, Japan's largest residential development, constructed in the 1970s....

      • Nishitama, Tokyo
        Nishitama, Tokyo
        is a district in Tokyo, Japan. It comprises the following three towns and a village:*Hinohara*Hinode*Mizuho*OkutamaHistorically, the cities of Ōme, Fussa, Hamura, and Akiruno were part of Nishitama District but these are now cities and currently broke off from the District after they gained city...

         , a district in Tokyo
      • Tama River
        Tama River
        The is a major river in Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government....

         , a river in Japan
        • Tama-chan
          Tama-chan
          is the name given to a male Bearded Seal which was first spotted on August 7, 2002 near Maruko Bridge on Tama River in Tokyo, Japan, and subsequently became a national celebrity in Japan.-Name:...

          , an Arctic seal
          Pinniped
          Pinnipeds or fin-footed mammals are a widely distributed and diverse group of semiaquatic marine mammals comprising the families Odobenidae , Otariidae , and Phocidae .-Overview: Pinnipeds are typically sleek-bodied and barrel-shaped...

           living in the Tokyo area which became a national celebrity in 2002
    • Tama-ku, Kawasaki
      Tama-ku, Kawasaki
      is one of the 8 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 211,221 and a density of 10,310 persons per km². The total area was 20.49 km².-Geography:...

       , a ward in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
      Kawasaki, Kanagawa
      is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....

  • Tama River, a tributary of the Koshi River
    Koshi River
    The Kosi River or Koshi —also Saptakoshi for its seven Himalayan tributaries—is a trans-boundary river flowing through Nepal and India. Some of the rivers of the Koshi system, such as the Arun, the Sun Kosi and the Bhote Koshi, originate in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China...

     in Nepal
    Nepal
    Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...


Music

  • Tama Drums, a Japanese brand manufactured by Hoshino Gakki
    Hoshino Gakki
    is the owner of the Ibanez guitar and Tama drums brand names.-History:The Hoshino company was founded in 1908 by Matsujiro Hoshino originally as the Hoshino Shoten bookstore which mostly sold books and sheet music and then gradually over the years also began to import musical instruments into...

  • Tama (percussion), a type of talking drum in Senegal


Other

  • 1089 Tama
    1089 Tama
    1089 Tama is an asteroid orbiting the Sun. It is named after the Tama River in Japan.A satellite, designated S/2003 1, was identified based on lightcurve observations from 24 December 2003 to 5 January 2004 by Raoul Behrend, René Roy, Claudine Rinner, Pierre Antonini, Petr Pravec, Alan W. Harris,...

     , an asteroid
  • TAMA 300
    TAMA 300
    TAMA 300 is a gravitational wave detector located at the Mitaka campus of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. It is a project of the gravitational wave studies group at the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research of the University of Tokyo...

    , a gravitational wave detector
  • TAMA (video game), a PlayStation
    PlayStation
    The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...

     and Sega Saturn
    Sega Saturn
    The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...

     launch game
  • Tama (spider), a genus of Tree trunk spider
    Tree trunk spider
    The tree trunk spiders are members of the tropical and semi-tropical Family Hersiliidae. There are about 150 species in this family. These spiders have two very prominent spinnerets that are almost as long as their abdomen. So they are also sometimes known as "two-tailed spiders." They range in...

    s
  • Tama (cat)
    Tama (cat)
    is a calico cat who is the station master and operating officer at Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama, Japan.In April 2006, the Wakayama Electric Railway converted all stations on the Kishigawa Line from manned to unmanned in an effort to cut costs. Station masters were selected from employees of...

    , a cat who is a stationmaster of a Japanese railway station.
  • Tama
    Armenian draughts
    Armenian draughts is a variant of draughts played in Armenia. Its rules are quite similar to Turkish draughts. Armenian draughts, however, allows diagonal movement, too....

    , the Armenia
    Armenia
    Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

    n name for a board game from the draughts
    Draughts
    Draughts is a group of abstract strategy board games between two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over the enemy's pieces. Draughts developed from alquerque...

     family.
  • Tama people
    Tama people
    Tama is an ethnic group in Chad and Sudan. They speak Tama language, a Nilo-Saharan language. They likely number more than 50,000.Most Tama people in Sudan are settled in Kabkabyia, in Northern Darfur....

    , an ethnic group in Sudan
  • Tama language
    Tama language
    The Tama language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in western Sudan and eastern Chad. It is a member of the Taman language group of the Western branch of Nilo-Saharan.-External links:**...

    , their language
  • Tama, a wooden spool for making kumihimo
    Kumihimo
    Kumihimo is a Japanese form of braid-making. Cords and ribbons are made by interlacing strands.-History:Kumihimo cord was first created by a form of finger-loop braiding. Later tools such as the marudai and the takadai were employed to make more complex braids in shorter time...

     braids with a Marudai
    Marudai
    A is a frame used for making kumihimo, a type of Japanese braid. The Japanese style marudai is 16" high and is usually used while kneeling or when placed on a table. The Western style 26" marudai allows the braider to sit in a chair to braid. They are most commonly made out of wood, although...

  • Word for darkness
    Darkness
    Darkness, in contrast with brightness, is a relative absence of visible light. It is the appearance of black in a color space. When light is not present, rod and cone cells within the eye are not stimulated. This lack of stimulation means photoreceptor cells are unable to distinguish color...

     in some Slavic languages
  • Tama Toshi Monorail Line
    Tama Toshi Monorail Line
    The , also referred to as the Tama Monorail, is an important part of the Western Tokyo public transport network.Operated by Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd., the double tracked, 16.0 km monorail line carries passengers between the suburban cities of Higashiyamato and Tama via Tachikawa,...

     , in Tokyo, Japan
  • Tama (novel), by Winnifred Eaton
    Winnifred Eaton
    Winnifred Eaton, was a Canadian author. Although she was of Chinese-British ancestry, she published under the Japanese pseudonym, Onoto Watanna.- Biography :...

  • a minor Kazakh Jüz
    Jüz
    A jüz is one of the three main territorial divisions in the Kypchak Plain area that covers much of the contemporary Kazakhstan. Variably, a jüz is believed to be a confederation or alliance of Kazakh nomads...

     "horde", numbering ca. 40-45,000
  • Tama-chan ("full name" Onsen Tamago), a turtle pet character in Love Hina
    Love Hina
    is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine by Kodansha from October 21, 1998 to October 31, 2001 and was published in 14 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. The series tells the story of Keitaro Urashima and his attempts to...

  • Tama, the reactivated form of the android Dark Washu
    Dark Washu
    is a fictional character in Tenchi Muyo!, a recurring character in Hitoshi Okuda's The All-New Tenchi Muyō! manga series, published in the U.S. by VIZ Media.-Origins:...

     in No Need for Tenchi
  • Tama Electric Car Company, a car manufacturer that built electric car, in in 1947 which became Prince Motor Company
    Prince Motor Company
    Prince Motor Company was a Japanese automobile manufacturer from 1952 until its merger with Nissan in 1966. Prince began as the Tachikawa Aircraft Company, a producer of the famous Japanese Zero fighter planes used in WWII...

  • Tama Junior, successor of the first Tama electric car in 1948
  • Tama Senior, successor of the first Tama electric car in 1948
  • Japanese cruiser Tama
    Japanese cruiser Tama
    was the second of the five Kuma-class light cruisers, which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was named after the Tama River in Kantō region of Japan.-Background:...

    , a Japanese Light cruiser during World War II
  • Tama, means "boy" in Samoa
    Samoa
    Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

    n language
  • An Abbreviation of the name of the virtual pet Tamagotchi
    Tamagotchi
    The is a handheld digital pet, created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ and Aki Maita of Bandai. It was first sold by Bandai in 1996 in Japan. As of 2010, over 76 million Tamagotchis have been sold world-wide...

     by Bandai
    Bandai
    is a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys . Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs...

  • Tama, the Filipino
    Filipino language
    This move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...

     word for "true".

See also

  • ja:タマ
  • ja:玉
  • ja:多摩
  • Tama, Podlaskie Voivodeship
    Tama, Podlaskie Voivodeship
    Tama is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rajgród, within Grajewo County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Rajgród, north-east of Grajewo, and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....

     (north-east Poland)
  • Tama, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
    Tama, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship
    Tama is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ruda Maleniecka, within Końskie County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Ruda Maleniecka, west of Końskie, and north-west of the regional capital Kielce.-References:...

    (south-central Poland)
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