Hama (disambiguation)
Hama is a city in central Syria, known as Hamath in antiquity.
Hama and various other transliterations may also refer to:
Sites in the Middle East and connected events
- Al-Hamah, a city in southern Syria in Rif Dimashq Governorate
- Al-Hamma, Tiberias a depopulated village held by Israel
- Hamat Gader, presently at the site of Al-Hamma
- Hamat Tiberias
- El Hamma, Tunisia
- Hamma, Algeria
- El Hamma, Khenchela, Algeria
- Hamat, a village in Lebanon
Strictly historical locations
- Hamath-zobah
- Tell Hammeh, in Jordan
- Amathus (Transjordan), on an uncertain location east of Jordan River
- Tell Hammeh, in Jordan, a possible location of Amathus
- Emmaus, village mentioned in the New Testament also known as hamma or hammat
- Emmaus Nicopolis, a possible identification of the biblical locale
- Tell el Hammeh, in the West Bank
- Amathus, Cyprus
People named Hama
- Chisaki Hama, a Japanese model, actress, and singer
- Larry Hama, a Japanese American writer, artist, actor and musician
- Raba Ben Joseph Ben Hama, a Babylonian rabbi or amora
- Hama, an electronic musician from Niamey
Characters from legends and works of fiction
- Háma, a warrior in Germanic heroic poetry and legends
- Háma (Middle-earth), a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's story The Lord of the Rings
- Hama, a character in The Puppetmaster episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender
Science
- HAMA the abbreviation for human anti-mouse antibodies
Technology and industry (companies and products)
- Hama GmbH & Co KG, a German computer peripherals and photographic accessories manufacturer
- A modded controller electronics for Xbox
- Apache Hama, a software project
Other uses
- Hama Yumi, a sacred bow used in 1103 CE in Japan
- the name of the Abbotsham village in the Domesday Book
See also
- Hamath (disambiguation)
- Battle of Hamath, c. 605 BC, near Hama. Syria
- Hama massacre, a massacre perpetrated by the Syrian Army in the city of Hama in 1982
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