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Manna or Manna wa Salwa , sometimes or archaically spelled mana, is the name of an edible substance that God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert according to the Bible.It was said to be sweet to the taste, like honey....

is the food produced for the Israelites in the desert, as described in the Biblical book of Exodus.

Manna may also refer to:
  • Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance
    Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance
    The Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting nutrition to people and communities with AIDS, HIV and other life-threatening illnesses...

  • the Gothic word for "man
    Man (word)
    The term man and words derived from it can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their sex or age...

    ", related to the *mannaz rune
  • Manna (album)
    Manna (album)
    Manna is the third album released by Bread in 1971. The title, like that of the preceding album On the Waters, is a Biblical pun on the name Bread, this time to the manna from Heaven fed to the Israelites...

    , an album by the band Bread
  • Manna (novel)
    Manna (novel)
    Manna is a 2003 science fiction essay by Marshall Brain that explores several issues in modern information technology and user interfaces, including some around transhumanism. It is meant to be a thought-provoking read or conceptual prototype rather than an entertaining novel...

    , a novel by Marshall Brain
  • products of plant sap
    Plant sap
    Sap is a fluid transported in xylem cells or phloem sieve tube elements of a plant. It transports water and nutrients throughout the plant....

    , especially when rich in sugars and used as a source of food by people or animals, in particular saps of:
    • manna ash (Fraxinus ornus
      Fraxinus ornus
      Fraxinus ornus is a species of Fraxinus native to southern Europe and southwestern Asia, from Spain and Italy north to Austria and the Czech Republic, and east through the Balkans, Turkey, and western Syria to the Lebanon.It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 15–25 m tall with a trunk up...

      )
    • narrow-leafed ash (Fraxinus angustifolia)
    • Alhagi maurorum
      Alhagi maurorum
      Alhagi maurorum is a species of legume commonly known, variously, as camelthorn, camelthorn-bush, Caspian manna, and Persian mannaplant. This shrub is native to the region extending from the Mediterranean to Russia, but has been introduced to many other areas of the world, including Australia,...

       (Alhagi manna)
    • Eucalyptus viminalis, Eucalyptus gunnii, Eucalyptus pulverulena (Eucalyptus or Australian manna)
  • Operation Manna
    Operation Manna
    Operations Manna and Chowhound took place from 29 April to the end of World War II in Europe on 8 May 1945. These two operations—Manna by the Royal Air Force and Chowhound by the U.S...

    , a World War II British airborne operation in Greece
  • Zohar Manna
    Zohar Manna
    Zohar Manna is a professor of computer science at Stanford University. He is the author of The Mathematical Theory of Computation , one of the first texts to provide extensive coverage of the mathematical concepts behind computer programming.With Amir Pnueli, he co-authored an unfinished trilogy...

    , an American computer scientist
  • Manna, Banmauk
    Manna, Banmauk
    Manna is a village in Banmauk Township, Katha District, in the Sagaing Region of northern-central Burma.-External links:*...

    , a village in Burma
  • Manna, Greece, a village in Corinthia prefecture, Greece
  • Manna (horse)
    Manna (horse)
    Manna was a British Thoroughbred racehorse an sire. In a career which lasted from summer 1922 until September 1923, Manna ran four times, winning eight races. As a three-year-old in 1925 he won the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and the Epsom Derby by a record margin of eight lengths...

    , winner of the 1925 Epsom Derby
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