Tama
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Religion
- Tama , part of the soulSoulA 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 ShintoShintoor 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 - TamaTama (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-votoEx-votoAn 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-rāTama-nui-te-raIn 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, IowaTama, IowaTama 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, IowaTama 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, NigerTama, Niger-References:...
- Tama, La Rioja, Argentina
- Tama, Musashi , an old district in Musashi ProvinceMusashi Provincewas 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...
, JapanJapanJapan 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 PrefectureTokyo, ; 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 HillsTama Hillsis 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 TownTama New Townis 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 New Town
- Tama, TokyoTama, Tokyois 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, TokyoTama, Tokyois 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....
- Tama Hills, A USAF Installation in Tama, Tokyo
- Nishitama, TokyoNishitama, Tokyois 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 RiverTama RiverThe 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-chanTama-chanis 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 sealPinnipedPinnipeds 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-chan
- Tama Hills
- Tama-ku, KawasakiTama-ku, Kawasakiis 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, KanagawaKawasaki, Kanagawais 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 Area , the western portion of Tokyo Prefecture
- Tama River, a tributary of the Koshi RiverKoshi RiverThe 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 NepalNepalNepal , 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 GakkiHoshino Gakkiis 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 Tama1089 Tama1089 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 300TAMA 300TAMA 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 PlayStationPlayStationThe 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 SaturnSega SaturnThe 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 spiderTree trunk spiderThe 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. - TamaArmenian draughtsArmenian 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 ArmeniaArmeniaArmenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n name for a board game from the draughtsDraughtsDraughts 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 peopleTama peopleTama 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 languageTama languageThe 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 kumihimoKumihimoKumihimo 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 MarudaiMarudaiA 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 darknessDarknessDarkness, 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 LineTama Toshi Monorail LineThe , 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 EatonWinnifred EatonWinnifred Eaton, was a Canadian author. Although she was of Chinese-British ancestry, she published under the Japanese pseudonym, Onoto Watanna.- Biography :...
- a minor Kazakh JüzJüzA 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 HinaLove Hinais 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 WashuDark Washuis 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 CompanyPrince Motor CompanyPrince 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 TamaJapanese cruiser Tamawas 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 SamoaSamoaSamoa , 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 TamagotchiTamagotchiThe 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 BandaiBandaiis 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 FilipinoFilipino languageThis 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 VoivodeshipTama, Podlaskie VoivodeshipTama 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 VoivodeshipTama, Swietokrzyskie VoivodeshipTama 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)