Manna (disambiguation)
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Manna is the food produced for the Israelites in the desert, as described in the Biblical Book of Exodus.
Manna may also refer to:
- crystallized products of plant sap, especially when rich in sugars and used as a source of food by people or animals, in particular saps of:
- manna ash (Fraxinus ornus)
- European ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
- narrow-leafed ash (Fraxinus angustifolia)
- Alhagi maurorum (Alhagi manna)
- Eucalyptus or Australian manna:
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Manam (film), a 2014 Telugu language film
- Manna (album), a 1971 album by the band Bread
- Manna (novel), a novel by Marshall Brain
- "Manna" (short story), a 1949 story by Peter Phillips
People
[edit]- Manna (actor) (1964–2008), Bangladeshi film actor
- Manna Dey (1919–2013), Indian singer and composer
- Manna Naidoo (1948–2022), South African politician
- Manna Singh (1914–1954), Indian field hockey player and officer
- Gennaro Manna (1715–1779), Italian composer
- Zohar Manna (1939–2018), American computer scientist
Places
[edit]- Manna (city), a town in Bengkulu, Indonesia
- Manna, or Mannea, ancient Land of Mannaeans, in present-day northwestern Iran
- Manna, Banmauk, a village in Burma
- Manna, Greece, a village in Corinthia
Other
[edit]- Manna Aviation, an Australian aircraft manufacturer
- Operation Manna, the 29 April – 7 May 1945 RAF food droppings in the West of the Netherlands at the end of World War II
- Operation Manna, a mid-October 1944 joint British and Greek, partially airborne, operation in Greece; part of World War II
- Manna (horse), winner of the 1925 Epsom Derby
- Manna (gymnastics), a gymnastics skill
- Manna (cicada), a genus of cicadas