Umbra (disambiguation)
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Umbra is the Latin word for shadow
- in mythology, it refers to the "shades" of the dead, see shade (mythology)
- in astronomy, umbra refers to the shadow cast by a celestial body.
As a proper name, Umbra may refer to:
- A genus of freshwater fishes of the family Umbridae, of the order Esociformes, commonly known as the mudminnows
- Umbra (typeface), an American typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton
- Umbra (company), a Toronto-based designer and manufacturer of houseware
- Umbra, the circular dark region of a sunspot that is surrounded by the semi-bright penumbra
- Umbra (comics), a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Umbra (World of Darkness), realms within the role-playing game World of Darkness
- Umbra Software, a video game middleware company
- A member of the Order of Mata Nui (Umbra) in the LEGO Bionicle storyline
- The primary antagonist in the animated series, Mighty Orbots
- Umbra Witches, Order of Witches in the video game Bayonetta
- Umbra, a sphere-like creature in Warhammer 40,000
- Umbra poets, a collective of young Black writers, formed in Manhattan's East Side in 1962; publishers of Umbra Magazine
- Umbra, a sword and multiple characters in The Elder Scrolls series of role-playing games
- Queen Umbra is the main antagonist in Child of Light
See also
- Umbral calculus
- Umber, brown clay pigment (from the Latin umbra, "shadow", see above)
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