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'''Tama''' may mean:
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==Languages==
* [[Tama language]], the language of the Sudanese Tama people
* [[Tama languages]], a language family of northern Papua New Guinea
==Music==
* [[Tama Drums]], a Japanese brand manufactured by Hoshino Gakki
* [[Tama (percussion)]], a type of talking drum from West Africa
* "Tama", a song by [[Mory Kanté]]
==People==
* [[Tama Hochbaum]] (born 1953), American artist and photographer
* [[Tama people]], an ethnic group in Chad and Sudan
* [[La Tama]], previously Ocute, a Native American people of the U.S. state of Georgia
* Tama, the ring name of professional wrestler [[Sam Fatu]]
* Tama, clan of junior Kazakh [[Jüz]] "horde", numbering ca. 70–115,000
* [[Tama people (Colombia)]], an [[Indigenous peoples in Colombia#Highland peoples|indigenous group of Colombia]]
==Places==
* [[Tama, Iowa]], United States
* [[Tama County, Iowa]], United States
* [[Tama, Niger]]
* [[Tama, La Rioja]], Argentina
* Tama, Musashi ({{lang|ja|多摩郡}}), an old district in [[Musashi Province]], Japan
** [[Tama Area]] ({{lang|ja|多摩地域}}), the western portion of Tokyo Prefecture
*** [[Tama Cemetery]], the largest municipal cemetery in Japan
*** [[Tama Hills]], an expanse of hills stretching along the southwestern flank of Tokyo
**** [[Tama New Town]], a residential development in the Tama Hills
*** [[Tama, Tokyo]] ({{lang|ja|多摩市}}), a municipality classified as a city, in western Tokyo
*** [[Nishitama, Tokyo]] ({{lang|ja|西多摩郡}}), a district in Tokyo
*** [[Tama River]] ({{lang|ja|多摩川}}), a river in Japan
** [[Tama-ku, Kawasaki]] ({{lang|ja|多摩区}}), a ward in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
* Tama River, a tributary of the [[Koshi River]] in Nepal
*[[Tama, Podlaskie Voivodeship]] (north-east Poland)
*[[Tama, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship]] (south-central Poland)
==Religion==
* Tama ({{lang|ja|魂}}), [[Shinto]] term for reverence for elders
* [[Tama (votive)]], a votive deposit or ex-voto used in the Eastern Orthodox Churches
* [[Tama-nui-te-rā]], the personification of the Sun in Māori mythology
==Fiction==
* ''[[Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth]]'', a Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn launch game only released in Japan
* Tama, the reactivated form of the android [[Dark Washu]] in the manga ''No Need for Tenchi''
* Tama-chan ("full name" Onsen Tamago), [[List of Love Hina characters#Tama-chan|a pet turtle character in the manga ''Love Hina'']]
* [[Tama (novel)|''Tama'' (novel)]], by [[Winnifred Eaton (writer)|Winnifred Eaton]]
* Tama Sakai, a character from the anime and manga ''[[D-Frag]]''
* The Children of Tama, a civilization encountered in the episode ''[[Darmok]]'' from the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''
* Tama (Tamamohime), a talking fox-like character in the video game ''[[World of Final Fantasy]]''
==Other uses==
* [[Tama (cat)]], a cat who was a stationmaster of a Japanese railway station
* [[TAMA 300]], a gravitational wave detector
* [[Tama Art University]], a Japanese private art school
* ''[[Tama edwardsi]]'', a genus of spiders
* [[Tama Toshi Monorail Line]] ({{lang|ja|多摩都市モノレール線}}), in Tokyo, Japan
* [[Tama Electric Car Company]], a car manufacturer which became Prince Motor Company
* [[Tama-chan]], an Arctic seal living in the Tokyo area which became a national celebrity in 2002
* [[1089 Tama]] ({{lang|ja|多摩}}), an asteroid
* [[Armenian draughts]]
* [[Japanese cruiser Tama|Japanese cruiser ''Tama'']], a Japanese light cruiser during World War II
* [[Thymoma-associated multiorgan autoimmunity]]
* A wooden spool for making [[kumihimo]] braids with a Marudai
* An abbreviation of the name of the virtual pet [[Tamagotchi]] by Bandai
* An abbreviation for [[National Outline Plan]]
== See also ==
* [[Tamas (disambiguation)]]
* [[w:ja:タマ]]
* [[w:ja:玉]]
* [[w:ja:多摩]]
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