Manu
Appearance
Manu may refer to:
Geography
[edit]- Manu Province, a province of Peru, in the Madre de Dios Region
- Manu National Park, Peru
- Manu River, in southeastern Peru
- Manu River (Tripura), which originates in India and flows into Bangladesh
- Manu Temple, a summit in the Grand Canyon, United States
- Manu, Tripura, a village in Tripura, India
- Manu, a village in Topliţa Commune, Hunedoara County, Romania
- Manu, a village in Tâmna Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania
- Moku Manu, an island in the Hawaiian islands
People
[edit]- Manu (name)
- Manu Gavassi, Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress
- Manu (footballer, born 1966), João Manuel Rocha Monteiro Corrêa, Brazilian football forward
- Manu (footballer, born 1973), Manuel Francisco Cantero Jerez, Spanish football goalkeeper
- Manu (footballer born 1979), Antonio Manuel Sánchez Gómez, Spanish football midfielder
- Manú (footballer) (born 1982), Emanuel Jesus Bonfim Evaristo, Portuguese football winger
- Manu (footballer, born 1984), José Manuel Rodríguez Morgade, Swiss football left-back
- Manu (footballer, born 2001), Manuel Jorge Silva, Portuguese football defensive midfielder for Vitória Guimarães
Religion
[edit]Proto Indo European Mythology
[edit]- Manu (Indo European Mythology) one of the mythical duo Manu and Yemo
Ancient Mesopotamia
[edit]- Manu the Great, a Chaldean god of fate
Hinduism
[edit]- Manu (Hinduism), Hindu progenitor of mankind
- Vaivasvata Manu, the current Manu
- Manusmṛti or Manu's code, an important early Hindu text
- Manu Needhi Cholan, a legendary Chola Dynasty king
New Age
[edit]Sports teams
[edit]- Manu Samoa, the Samoa national rugby union team
- F.C. Manu Laeva, a Tuvaluan football club
- Manu Laeva (women), Tuvaluan women's football club
- Manchester United F.C., an English football club
Other uses
[edit]- 29353 Manu, a main-belt asteroid
- Manu (bird), a genus of prehistoric albatross-like birds from New Zealand
- Manu (film), a 2018 Indian Telugu-language film
- Manu (River City), a character on a BBC Scotland soap opera
- Manu (TV series), a 1991 French animated television series
- Tangata manu, the winner of a traditional competition of Easter Island
- An alternate name for the Ornithological Society of Polynesia
- A character in the 2000 French adult film Baise-moi
- Canadian real estate slang for a modular home
- An Akan name given to a second born child
- A manu bomb, the New Zealand term for Cannonball (diving)
See also
[edit]- Maanu (born 1978), Indian dancer and actress in Tamil films
- Maanu (actor) (died 1996), Indian actor in Kannada films
- Maanu Paul (1938–2022), New Zealand Māori leader
- Manus (disambiguation)
- Mannu (disambiguation)