Manus
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Manus, a masculine first name derived from the Latin meaning "hand" or "fist," and, less commonly, a "band of men," may refer to:
- Manus ProvinceManus ProvinceManus Province is the smallest province in Papua New Guinea with a land area of 2,100 km², but with more than 220,000 km² of water. The capital of the province is Lorengau and the total population is 43,387 ....
, in Papua New Guinea- Manus IslandManus IslandManus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea and is the largest island of the Admiralty Islands. It is the fifth largest island in Papua New Guinea with an area of 2,100 km², measuring around 100 km × 30 km. According to the 2000 census, Manus Island had a...
, part of Manus Province
- Manus Island
- Manus languagesManus languagesThe family of Manus languages is a subgroup of the Eastern Admiralty Islands languages. It consists of 22 languages.-Languages:A 2008 analysis of four Manus languages in the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the unity of the family...
, a subgroup of the Eastern Admiralty Islands languages - Manus marriageManus MarriageManus is Ancient Roman marriage, of which there were two forms: cum manu and sine manu. In a cum manu marriage the wife was placed under the legal control of the husband. In a sine manu marriage the wife was still under the legal control of her father...
, a type of marriage during Roman times - Manus (anatomy), the zoological term for the distal portion of the fore limb of an animal
- Willard ManusWillard ManusWillard Manus is a Los Angeles-based novelist, playwright, and journalist. His best known book is Mott the Hoople, the novel from which the British 70s rock band took their name. He is also the author of This Way to Paradise: Dancing on the Tables, a memoir of life in Lindos, Rhodes, Greece from...
(born 1930), Los Angeles-based novelist - Max ManusMax ManusMaximo Guillermo "Max" Manus DSO, MC & Bar was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II.Manus was born in Bergen to a Norwegian father and a Danish mother...
(1914–1996), Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II - Manus BoonjumnongManus BoonjumnongManus Boonjumnong is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics . He is the brother of Non Boonjumnong.-Amateur career:...
(born 1980), Thai Olympic medalist - Manus PlateManus PlateThe Manus Plate is a tiny tectonic plate located northeast of New Guinea. It is sandwiched between the North Bismarck Plate and the South Bismarck Plate.-References:...
, a tiny tectonic plate located northeast of New Guinea - ManuscriptManuscriptA manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
a word with manus - meaning the hand - In MarathiMarathi languageMarathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
Manus means human being - Dirk Manus, fictional smuggler among human characters of The Transformers franchise