Mama

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Mama(s) or Mamma(s) may refer to:

Roles

• Mama-san, in Japan and East Asia, a woman in a position of authority
• Mother, a female parent
• Mamas, a name for female associates of the Hells Angels

Places

• Mama, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Mamsko-Chuysky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
  • Mama Airport, an airport there
• Mama Municipality, Yucatán, a municipality of Yucatán
• Mama, Yucatán, the municipal seat of the Mama Municipality

Anatomy

• The breast, the upper ventral region of a mammal’s torso; see:
  • Mamma (anatomy) of humans
  • Mammary gland of female mammals
  • Udder of female quadruped mammals

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Thelma Harper or "Mama", a fictional character played by Vicki Lawrence on The Carol Burnett Show and the sitcom Mama's Family
• Gemma Teller Morrow, the matriarch of u outlaw motorcycle club SAMCRO on The Sons of Anarchy television show, called "Mama" by her lover Nero Padilla

Film

• Ma-ma (1976 film), a Soviet–French–Romanian musical film directed by Elisabeta Bostan
• Mamma (1982 film), a Swedish film directed by Suzanne Osten
• Mama (1990 film), a Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuan
• Mamá (2008 film), an Argentine short film directed by Andres Muschietti
• Mama (2013 film), a Spanish-Canadian feature-length adaptation of the 2008 short also directed by Andres Muschietti
• Ma Ma (2015 film), a Spanish film directed by Julio Medem

Literature

• "Mama", a short story by Dorothy Allison in the collection Trash: Short Stories (1988)
• Mamma (1908), a novel by Rhoda Broughton

Music

• Mama a somg by Kim Appleby 1994

Awards

• Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), an annual South Korean music awards show

Groups and labels

• MAMA Records, an American label distributed by Summit Groups
• The Mamas & the Papas U.S. pop musical group

Albums

• Mama (Emily Wells album), 2012
• Mama (Nomeansno album), 1982
• Mama (Vitas album), or the title song, 2003
• Mama (EP), an extended play (EP) by EXO-K and EXO-M on 2012, or the title song (see below).

Songs

• "Mama" (song), an Italian song by Cesare Andrea Bixio, covered by Connie Francis and others
• "Mama" (EXO-K and EXO-M song)
• "Mama" (Genesis song)
• "Mama" (Il Divo song)
• "Mama" (My Chemical Romance song)
• "Mama" (Spice Girls song)
• "Mama" (Umberto Tozzi and Laura Branigan song)
• "Mama (Ana Ahabak)", a song by Christina Stürmer
• "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)", a song by Plan B
• "Mama", a song by B. J. Thomas
• "Mama", a song by Beth Hart from Screamin' for My Supper
• "Mama", a song by Electric Light Orchestra from ELO 2
• "Mama", a song by Godsmack from IV
• "Mama", a song by Lyfe Jennings from I Still Believe
• "Mama", a song by Oingo Boingo from Boi-ngo
• "Mama", a song by The Kelly Family
• "Mama", a song by The Lonely Island from Turtleneck & Chain
• "Mama", a song by The Sugarcubes from Life's Too Good
• "Mama", a song by The-Dream from Love Hate
• "Mama", a song by Toto from Hydra
• "Mama", a song by Vladimir Arzumanyan

Periodicals

• Mama (magazine), a Swedish magazine

Stage productions

• Mama (1966), a stage musical by Mbongeni Ngema

Television

• Mama (TV series), a 1949–1957 American comedy–drama series

Brands and enterprises

• MAMA Gallery, an art gallery in Los Angeles, California
• Murray Art Museum Albury, an art gallery in Albury, New South Wales, Australia
• MAMA Group, a live venue and artist management company
• Mama Lemon, a brand of dishwashing liquid by Lion Corporation
• Mama Noodles, a Thai brand of instant noodles by Thai President Foods
• Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI (MAMAS)

Computing and technology

• Mama (software), an object-oriented programming language
• Mamma.com, a metasearch engine operated by Copernic

Religion and mythology

• Mammes of Caesarea or Mammas, semi-legendary child-martyr of the 3rd century
• Mami (goddess) or Mama, a goddess in the Babylonian epic Atra-Hasis
• Ninhursag or Mamma, a Sumerian earth goddess

Other uses

• Mama and papa, in linguistics, the sequences of sounds corresponding to the words for "mother" and "father"
• Mama or sugar mama, a term for an age disparity in sexual relationships in which the older partner takes care of the younger, usually financially

See also

• Ma-Mha, a 2007 Thai film
• Mame (disambiguation)
• Mami (disambiguation)
• Mamma mia (disambiguation)
• Maternal insult or "yo mama joke"
• Momma, a syndicated comic strip