Goma (disambiguation)
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Goma can mean:
Goma or GOMA may also refer to:
- GomaGomaGoma is a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, next to the Rwandan city of Gisenyi. The lake and the two cities are in the western branch of the Great Rift Valley, and Goma lies only 13 to 18 km due south of the crater of the active...
, a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and associated facilities:- University of GomaUniversity of GomaThe University of Goma is a public university in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The university was created in 1993 and it is located in the city of Goma, near Lake Kivu in the east of the country. The rector of the school is Jean-Baptiste Gakura Semacumu.-External links: *...
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Goma
- Goma International AirportGoma International AirportGoma International Airport is an airport serving Goma, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.-Airlines and destinations:-2002 Nyiragongo eruption:...
- University of Goma
- Goma (character), a character in the Legend of Zelda game series
- Alain GomaAlain GomaAlain Goma is a retired French footballer who played as a right or central defender.In a 16-year professional career, he played in 196 Ligue 1 games, almost all for Auxerre, adding 147 in the Premier League, namely with Fulham....
, a French footballer - Paul GomaPaul GomaPaul Goma is a Romanian writer, also known for his activities as a dissident and leading opponent of the communist regime before 1989. Forced into exile by the communist authorities, he became a political refugee and currently resides in France as a stateless person...
, a Romanian writer - Guy GomaGuy GomaGuy Goma is a business studies graduate from Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo who gained international fame when he was accidentally interviewed live on BBC News 24, a UK television news station, on Monday 8th May 2006.-The interview:...
, an accidental TV pundit - Goma LambuGoma LambuGoma Lambu is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or right winger for Crydon Athletic.-Career:Lambu has played at Millwall and Mansfield Town and played for the England under-16 team...
, DR-Congo-born English footballer - Guma, China, also spelled as Goma, a town in Xinjiang, China
- Goma, Bangladesh
Goma or GOMA may also refer to:
- HomaHoma (ritual)Homa is a Sanskrit word which refers to any ritual in which making offerings into a consecrated fire is the primary action...
, an ancient Buddhist fire ritual originating in India practiced mainly in the Japanese Shingon sectShingon Buddhismis one of the mainstream major schools of Japanese Buddhism and one of the few surviving Esoteric Buddhist lineages that started in the 3rd to 4th century CE that originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra...
; goma is the Japanese transliteration - Gallery of Modern Art, an art gallery in the centre of Glasgow
- Queensland Gallery of Modern ArtQueensland Gallery of Modern ArtThe Queensland Gallery of Modern Art is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre at the South Bank area of South Brisbane. It holds most of Queensland Art Gallery's contemporary works, while also being the joint host to the current Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art...
in Brisbane - Goma, "lake" in Algonquian used in North American place names such as Algoma (word)Algoma (word)Algoma is a placename given to many different places throughout the United States and Canada. Examples include Algoma District, Ontario, Algoma, Oregon, Algoma, Wisconsin, and Algoma Township, Michigan...
- Goma, "sesame" in Japanese, as in gomashioGomashioGomashio is a dry condiment, similar to furikake, made from unhulled sesame seeds and salt . It is often used in Japanese cuisine, such as a topping for sekihan. It is also sometimes sprinkled over plain rice or over an onigiri...
, sesame seeds and salt used as a seasoning - Isidro Goma y Tomas, a Spanish Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Goma-2Goma-2Goma-2 Eco is a type of high explosive manufactured for industrial use by Unión Española de Explosivos S.A.It is a gelatinous, Nitroglycol-based explosive widely used within Spain and exported abroad.It was used by ETA in the 1980s and 1990s....
, a high explosive - The word for rubberRubberNatural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...
in SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, colloquially may also refer to a hangoverHangoverA hangover describes the sum of unpleasant physiological effects following heavy consumption of alcoholic beverages. The most commonly reported characteristics of a hangover include headache, nausea, sensitivity to light and noise, lethargy, dysphoria, diarrhea and thirst, typically after the...
See also
- GomerGomerGomer was the son of Japheth in the Hebrew Bible.Gomer may also refer to:*Gomer *GOMER , in medical slang, an undesirable patient*Gomer Press, a printing and publishing company in Wales...
- Kingdom of GommaKingdom of GommaThe Kingdom of Gomma was one of the kingdoms in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 18th century. It shared its northern border with Limmu-Ennarea, its western border with Gumma, its southern border with Gera, and its eastern border with Jimma...
and Gomma (woreda)Gomma (woreda)Gomma is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former Kingdom of Gomma, whose territory was roughly the same as the modern woreda...
, Ethiopia - Oliver N'GomaOliver N'GomaOliver N'Goma was a Gabonese Afro-zouk and reggae singer and guitarist. Nicknamed "Noli," he was born in Mayumba in south-west Gabon in 1959...
, Gabonese singer - Ngoma (disambiguation)