Magna
Encyclopedia
Companies, products and institutions
- Magna (bicycle company)Magna (bicycle company)Magna is an American bicycle brand owned by Dynacraft BSC. Magna bikes are produced in China and are sold in American retail stores like Target and Wal-Mart.-Bicyles:Magna offers bicycles in many different colors and sizes from child to adult...
, an American bicycle brand - Magna InternationalMagna InternationalMagna International Inc. , is an automotive supplier headquartered in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's largest automobile parts manufacturer, and one of the country's largest companies. It owns the Magna Steyr automobile production company of Austria....
, Canada's largest automobile parts manufacturer- Magna SteyrMagna SteyrMagna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG is an automobile manufacturer based in Oberwaltersdorf, Austria, with its primary manufacturing location in Graz...
, a subsidiary
- Magna Steyr
- Magna Natural Stone, Germanys biggest producer of natural stones
- Magna (paint), the world's first artist acrylic paint
- Honda MagnaHonda MagnaThe first generation 1982 V45 Magna had chrome headlight and fenders. The front disc brakes have straight grooves, dual piston calipers, and TRAC anti-dive. The speedometer reads 80 mph. The redline is 10,000 rpm. The engine is a 748 cc DOHC 16-valve liquid-cooled 90 degree V-4...
, a motorcycle - Mitsubishi MagnaMitsubishi MagnaThe Mitsubishi Magna was a mid-size car offered between May 1985 and September 2005 by Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited . Manufactured at the Tonsley Park assembly plant, Magna spanned three generations before being replaced by the Mitsubishi 380...
, a car built by Mitsubishi Motors of Australia - Magna CorporationMagna CorporationMagna Corporation was a publicly-held company in Flowood, Mississippi, U.S.A. that served as a holding company. Its primary divisions were Mississippi Steel and Magna American Mississippi Steel was Mississippi's first steel manufacturer beginning operations in 1957...
, a film distributing organization primarily associated with Rodgers and Hammerstein films - Magna DoodleMagna DoodleMagna Doodle is the original product name of a children's magnetic drawing toy, consisting of a drawing board, a magnetic stylus, and a few magnet shapes...
, a children's magnetic drawing toy - Magna BSP, an IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i maker of security products - Magna Carta RecordsMagna Carta RecordsMagna Carta Records is an independent record label located in Rochester, New York. Magna Carta was formed in 1989 and is owned by Peter Morticelli and his partner Mike Varney. The label has a diverse line-up consisting of musicians from many different genres, but is best known for many of its...
, an independent record label - Magna Entertainment Corp., a gaming and horse racing company
- Magna Græcia University, a university located in Catanzaro, Italy
- Magna PacificMagna PacificMagna Pacific is a leading independent film and home entertainment distributor headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, operating within Australia and New Zealand...
, an entertainment distributor - Magna Vista High School (Virginia), a comprehensive public high school in Henry County, Virginia
- Villa Magna CondominiumsVilla Magna CondominiumsThe Villa Magna Condominium Complex is an urban development that is planned to rise in downtown Miami, Florida. It was approved in 2006 by the city council and the Federal Aviation Administration and construction is slated to begin in April 2007. The ending date has been approximated and has been...
, an urban development that is planned to rise in downtown Miami, Florida
Place names
- Magna, UtahMagna, UtahMagna is a census-designated place and township in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population was 26,505 at the 2010 census, a moderate increase over the 2000 figure of 22,770...
, a census-designated place and township in Salt Lake County, Utah - Magna Science Adventure CentreMagna Science Adventure CentreMagna Science Adventure Centre is an educational visitor attraction, appealing primarily to children. It is located in a disused steel mill in the Templeborough district of Rotherham, England. The site is formerly home to the Steel, Peech and Tozer steel works...
, an educational visitor attraction in Rotherham, England - Leptis MagnaLeptis MagnaLeptis Magna also known as Lectis Magna , also called Lpqy, Neapolis, Lebida or Lebda to modern-day residents of Libya, was a prominent city of the Roman Empire. Its ruins are located in Khoms, Libya, east of Tripoli, on the coast where the Wadi Lebda meets the sea...
- Villa MagnaVilla MagnaVilla Magna is the ancient name of a large imperial Roman villa near the modern town of Anagni, in Lazio, central Italy. The site lies in the Valle del Sacco some 65 km south of Rome, at the foot of the Monti Lepini, directly under the peak known as Monte Giuliano...
, the ancient name of a large imperial Roman villa near the modern town of Anagni - Magna GraeciaMagna GraeciaMagna Græcia is the name of the coastal areas of Southern Italy on the Tarentine Gulf that were extensively colonized by Greek settlers; particularly the Achaean colonies of Tarentum, Crotone, and Sybaris, but also, more loosely, the cities of Cumae and Neapolis to the north...
, the name of the coastal areas of Southern Italy on the Tarentine Gulf that were extensively colonized by Greek settlers - Magna CuriaMagna CuriaMagna Curia or The Bethlen Castle is a palace located in Deva, Romania.-History:In 1582 the hungarian captain Ferenc Geszty, in charge with the Deva Castle's garrison, erected a house at the foot of the citadel hill...
, a palace located in Deva, Romania
Place names in England
- Chew MagnaChew MagnaChew Magna is a village and civil parish within the Chew Valley in the Unitary Authority of Bath and North East Somerset, in the Ceremonial county of Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 1,161.To the south of the village is Chew Valley Lake...
- Wigston MagnaWigston MagnaWigston Magna also historically referred to as Wigston Two Steeples or Great Wigston , is a town within Leicestershire, England just to the south of Leicester, on the A5199 road which leads to Northampton....
- Appleby MagnaAppleby MagnaAppleby Magna is a village and civil parish in the district of North West Leicestershire, England.The civil parish, as well as Appleby Magna, includes the small Hamlet of Appleby Parva and the Villages of Norton-Juxta-Twycross, Snarestone and Swepstone...
- Upton MagnaUpton MagnaUpton Magna is a village in Shropshire, England.Magna is latin meaning "great". Therefore the translation of Upton Magna is "Great Upton".Nearby are the villages of Uffington, Rodington, Withington and the wooded Haughmond Hill....
- Thornham MagnaThornham MagnaThornham Magna is the sister village of Thornham Parva, about 3.5 miles from Eye, Suffolk and close to the A140 main road from Norwich to Ipswich, the county towns of Norfolk and Suffolk....
- Harborough MagnaHarborough MagnaHarborough Magna is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England.Along with the adjoining hamlet of Harborough Parva and nearby Cathiron, the parish has a population of 461 ....
- Canford MagnaCanford MagnaCanford Magna is a village in Dorset, England. The village is situated just south of the River Stour and lies in between the towns of Wimborne Minster and Poole. The village is the site of the large boarding school - Canford School. The school was previously the mansion and estate of Lord Wimborne....
- Fontmell MagnaFontmell MagnaFontmell Magna is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under Cranborne Chase on the A350 road five miles south of Shaftesbury and eight miles north of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 671...
- Marston MagnaMarston MagnaMarston Magna is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north of Yeovil in the South Somerset district...
- Minterne MagnaMinterne MagnaMinterne Magna is a village in west Dorset, England, situated at the source of the River Cerne in the Dorset Downs, on the A352 main road half way between Dorchester and Sherborne. The village has a population of 188 .-Minterne House:...
- Ashby MagnaAshby MagnaAshby Magna is a small English village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire. The parish had a population of 294 at the 2001 UK census. It is in the south of the county, and lies midway between junctions 20 and 21 of the M1...
- Kington MagnaKington MagnaKington Magna is a village in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England with a population of 376 . It is west of Shaftesbury, north of Sturminster Newton and east of Sherborne. The village was founded in the twelfth century, but most of the current buildings are no older than the seventeenth...
- Peatling MagnaPeatling MagnaPeatling Magna is a village in south Leicestershire near to Ashby Magna & Peatling Parva and is part of Harborough District.-Church:The church of All Saints is mainly of the 14th and 15th centuries and contains some fine examples of carved woodwork of different periods....
- Hutton MagnaHutton MagnaHutton Magna is a village in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the...
- Fakenham MagnaFakenham MagnaFakenham Magna is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the A1088 around eight miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds and four miles south-east of Thetford, in 2005 its population was 160....
- Copston MagnaCopston MagnaCopston Magna is a small village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 38.Copston Magna is located around one mile from the border with Leicestershire, close to the ancient site of High Cross...
- Magna Carta IslandMagna Carta IslandMagna Carta Island is an island in the River Thames in England, on the reach above Bell Weir Lock. It is in Berkshire across the river from the water-meadows at Runnymede. The island was transferred from Buckinghamshire to Berkshire in 1974....
- Wenham MagnaWenham MagnaWenham Magna, also known as Great Wenham, is a village and a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk in eastern England. The parish also contains the hamlets of Vauxhall and Wenham Hill. In 2005 it had a population of 150.-References:...
- Claybrooke MagnaClaybrooke MagnaClaybrooke Magna is a village in South West Leicestershire, England, close to the A5 trunk road.-External links:*...
- Aston MagnaAston MagnaAston Magna is a hamlet located off Fosse Way in north Gloucestershire between Moreton-in-Marsh and Shipston-on-Stour.- See also :*Corpse roads...
- Sheepy Magna
People
- Plancia MagnaPlancia MagnaPlancia Magna was a prominent woman from Anatolia who lived between the 1st century and 2nd century in the Roman Empire.-Ancestry, family, and early life:...
, a prominent woman from Anatolia - Marcus MagnaMarcus MagnaMarcus Magna is French professional footballer who plays as a striker.-Career:Born in Paris, Magna formerly played youth football for Bordeaux, before turning professional with Stade Laval. He has also played in Romania for Dinamo Bucureşti and in England for Rochdale.- References :*...
(born 1988), French professional footballer
Characters
- Magna DefenderMagna DefenderThe Magna Defender is a fictional character from the Power Rangers Lost Galaxy TV series. He is a warrior who has been alive for many years, and is the sworn enemy of Scorpius....
, a fictional character from the Power Rangers Lost Galaxy TV series
Documents
- Magna CartaMagna CartaMagna Carta is an English charter, originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions, which included the most direct challenges to the monarch's authority to date. The charter first passed into law in 1225...
, an English charter originally issued in 1215 - Ars MagnaArs MagnaSeveral books are called Ars magna .*Ars Magna *Ars Magna *Ars Magna, the newspaper of Magdalene College, Cambridge...
- Ars Magna (Gerolamo Cardano)Ars Magna (Gerolamo Cardano)The Ars Magna is an important book on Algebra written by Gerolamo Cardano. It was first published in 1545 under the title Artis Magnæ, Sive de Regulis Algebraicis Liber Unus . There was a second edition in Cardano's lifetime, published in 1570...
, a 1545 important book on Algebra written by Gerolamo Cardano
- Ars Magna (Gerolamo Cardano)
- Magna MoraliaMagna MoraliaThe Magna Moralia is a treatise on ethics traditionally attributed to Aristotle, though the consensus now is that it represents an epitome of his ethical thought by a later, if sympathetic, writer. Several scholars have disagreed with this, taking the Magna Moralia to be an authentic work by...
, a treatise on ethics traditionally attributed to Aristotle - Magna BritanniaMagna BritanniaMagna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain was an ambitious topographical and historical survey published by the antiquarians Daniel Lysons and his brother Samuel Lysons in several volumes between 1806 and 1822...
, a 1822 topographical and historical survey
Biology
- Magna (moth)Magna (moth)Magna is a genus of moths of the Micronoctuidae family.-References: 2008: Revision of the Micronoctuidae . Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae. 1867: 1-136....
, a genus of moths of the Micronoctuidae family - Cisterna magnaCisterna magnaThe cisterna magna is one of three principal openings in the subarachnoid space between the arachnoid and pia mater layers of the meninges surrounding the brain. The openings are collectively referred to as cisterns. The cisterna magna is located between the cerebellum and the dorsal surface of...
, one of three principal openings in the subarachnoid space between the arachnoid and pia mater layers of the meninges surrounding the brain - Lacuna magnaLacuna magnaIn male anatomy, the lacuna magna is the largest of several recesses in the roof of the navicular fossa of the urethra. Its embryologic origin is contested, but recent evidence suggests it and the navicular fossa derive from infiltrating endodermal cells of the urethral plate...
, the largest of several recesses in the roof of the navicular fossa of the urethra
Other
- Magna-FiMagna-Fi-VerseChorusKillMe:VerseChorusKillMe is the second album of Magna-Fi.-Singles:*Where Did We Go Wrong*Down In It*Who I Am*Kiss It Away*Breaking Up*Save Me*Me The Enemy*Hey, Loser!*Hearts and Minds-Gameography:...
, a band - Magna cum laude, a Latin phrase used to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree was earned
- IG-100 MagnaGuards, the Guards of General Grievous in the Star Wars Series
- Magna Carta (band)Magna Carta (band)Magna Carta is a folk rock group originally formed in London in April 1969; their first concert was on 10 May 1969, by Chris Simpson , Lyell Tranter , and Glen Stuart ....
, a folk rock group - Magna Mater (disambiguation)Magna Mater (disambiguation)Magna Mater means "Great Mother" in Latin. It may be specifically referring to:* The Roman title of the goddess Cybele* A title of the goddess Maia * Magna Mater...
, Latin for Great Mother
See also
- Magnum (disambiguation), of which a rare plural form is magna
- Magnus (disambiguation)Magnus (disambiguation)Magnus is a given name and surname.Magnus may also refer to:* Magnus , a Belgian band* Magnus , a fictionalised account of the life of Magnus Erlendsson by George Mackay Brown...
- Magnis (disambiguation)