Mano
Encyclopedia
People
- Mano people, an ethnic group in Liberia
- the Mano language
- Mano (Mozambican footballer)Mano (Mozambican footballer)Celso Halilo de Abdul is a professional Mozambican football player who plays for ENPPI.-External links:...
- Mano (Portuguese footballer)Mano (Portuguese footballer)Luís Miguel Lopes Mendes , aka Mano, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Villarreal CF B in Spain, mainly as a right defender.-Club career:...
- Mano (South African footballer), Phillimon Junior Ramaphoko, formerly of C.D. Primeiro de Agosto
- Mano (singer)Mano (singer)Mano is an Indian playback singer. He sings in Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi.-Biography:Mano was born in a Muslim family and his original name is Nagoor Babu; he was rechristened Mano by Ilayaraja...
, an Indian playback singer in Telugu and Tamil language films - Mano of Kauai, eighth Moi of Kauai, Hawaii
- Major Mano, a senior Tamil Tiger commander
- Mano Erina, the solo artist for Hello!Project
- Mano Brown, vocalist from Racionais MC'sRacionais MC'sRacionais MC's is a hip hop group based in São Paulo, Brazil. Mano Brown , Ice Blue , Edy Rock and DJ KL Jay formed the group in 1988. Each member hails from the ring of favelas around São Paulo locally called the periferia...
Places
- Mano, LandesMano, LandesMano is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-See also:*Communes of the Landes department*Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne...
, a commune of the Landes département in France - Mano RiverMano RiverThe Mano River is a river in west Africa, it originates in the Guinea Highlands in Liberia and forms part of the Liberia – Sierra Leone border....
, a river in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - Mano, Sierra Leone, per List of cities in Sierra Leone
Words and phrases
- Mano-a-manoMano-a-manoMano-a-mano is a Spanish construction meaning "hand to hand". It was used originally for bullfights where two matadors alternate competing for the admiration of the audience....
, a phrase of Spanish origin meaning a conflict fought "hand to hand" - Mano, a Pali-language word for "mind", often synonymous with viññāṇa
- Mano, the UrduUrduUrdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
word for a cute kitten or cat, often a nickname for someone with big eyes and brown hair - Mano, the Spanish languageSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
word for hand - Mano, the Hawaiian languageHawaiian languageThe Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii...
word for shark
Other Uses
- MANOMano-People:* Mano people, an ethnic group in Liberia** the Mano language* Mano * Mano * Mano , Phillimon Junior Ramaphoko, formerly of C.D...
, a former Guatemalan paramilitary group - Mano (comics)Mano (comics)Mano is a fictional character that is a DC Comics supervillain living in the 30th century and, as a member of the Fatal Five, a foe of the Legion of Super-Heroes...
, a comic book supervillain - Mano (film) a 2007 film about Hector Lavoe
- Mano machineMano machineThe Mano machine is a theoretical computer described by M. Morris Mano. It contains a central processing unit, random access memory, and an input-output bus...
, a theoretical computer described by M. Morris Mano - Mano (archaeology), a type of hand stone used in conjunction with metates and other grinding slabGrinding slabthumb|250px|Stone slab in east-central California used to grind acorns.In archaeology, a grinding slab is a ground stone artifact generally used to grind plant materials into usable size, though some slabs were used to shape other ground stone artifacts...
s (querns) to grind grain - Mano (gesture)Mano (gesture)Mano or Mano Po is a gesture used in Filipino culture performed as a sign of respect to elders. Similar to hand-kissing, the person giving the greeting bows towards the offered hand of the elder and presses his or head forehead on the elder's hand...
, a Filipino gesture of respect - Mano (mythology)Mano (mythology)Mano, Manno, Aske or Manna, the Sami mythology god of the Moon. In Sami mythology Mano is a female deity. Mano personified the Moon. The Sami world view was animistic by nature, with shamanistic features. Important places had their divinities...
, a female deity in SámiSami peopleThe Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost...
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