Daman
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Places:
- Daman, Daman and Diu, a city in India
- Daman District, IndiaDaman District, IndiaDaman district is one of the two districts of the union territory of Daman and Diu on the western coast of India, surrounded by Valsad District of Gujarat state on the north, east and south and the Arabian Sea to the west. The district has an area of , and a population of 113,949 , which increased...
- Daman and Diu, a former Portuguese colony in India
- Daman District, AfghanistanDaman District, AfghanistanDaman district is situated in the central part of the Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. It borders Panjwai and Kandahar districts to the west, Shah Wali Kot District to the north, Zabul Province to the northeast, Arghistan and Spin Boldak districts to the east and Reg District to the south. The...
- Daman, AfghanistanDaman, AfghanistanDaman is a village and the center of Daman District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. It is located at 1037 m altitude close to the main road from Kandahar to Kabul, east of Kandahar....
, a village - Daman, NepalDaman, NepalDaman is a village in the central part of Nepal, located in the district of Makwanpur. It is halfway between Kathmandu and Hetauda at 2320m.Daman on the Tribhuvan Highway has probably the finest view of the Himalayas extending on a good day from Dhaulagiri in the west to Everest in the east.The...
, a village
People:
- Damara peopleDamara peopleThe Damara are an ethnic group who make up 8.5% of Namibia's population...
, also known as the Daman, an ethnic group in Namibia - Heshana KhanHeshana KhanHeshana Khan , at one point known as Chuluo Khan and , personal name Ashina Daman , was a khan of the Western Turkic Khaganate...
(died 619), personal name Ashina Daman, a khan of the Western Turkic Khaganate - Daman HongrenDaman HongrenDaman Hongren was the 5th Chan Chán Patriarch in the traditional lineage of Chinese Chan. He is said to have received Dharma transmission from Daoxin and passed on the symbolic bowl and robe of transmission to Huineng, the Sixth and last Chan Patriarch...
(601-674), Chinese Buddhist patriarch - Rick DamanRick DamanRick Daman is a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 10000 m event at the 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Tampere.-References:**...
, Dutch sprint canoer - Ustad DamanUstad DamanUstad Daman was a Punjabi poet and mystic. He was the most celebrated Punjabi poet at the time of the Partition of British India in 1947...
(1911-1984), real name Chiragh Deen, Punjabi poet and mystic
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- Cyclone DamanCyclone DamanSevere Tropical Cyclone Daman was the strongest cyclone of the 2007–08 South Pacific cyclone season. Cyclone Daman was the fourth tropical depression and the first severe tropical cyclone to form west of longitude 160°E during the 2007–08 South Pacific cyclone season...
, December 2007 - Battle of Dasman Palace, also called the Battle of Daman, fought on August 2-3, 1990, during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
- Daman Indo-Portuguese languageDaman Indo-Portuguese languageThe Daman Indo-Portuguese language or Daman Portuguese creole, known to its speakers as Língua da Casa , is a Portuguese-based creole spoken in Daman...
, spoken in Daman and Diu - Daman, National Health Insurance CompanyDaman, National Health Insurance Company-Daman- is a non-life insurance conventional health insurance government-owned company in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It started operations in May 2006, with over 1000 employees. Khaled Abdulla Al Qubaisi is the chairman and Dr...
, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Daman: A Victim of Marital ViolenceDaman: A Victim of Marital ViolenceDaman: A Victim of Marital Violence is a 2001 Indian film directed by Kalpana Lajmi released on 4 May 2001. The lead actress, Raveena Tandon, won the distinguished National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Durga Saikia. The film follows the story of a battered wife...
, a Hindi movie starring Raveena Tandon