Manu
Encyclopedia
Geography
- Manú ProvinceManú ProvinceManu Province is one of three provinces in the Madre de Dios Region of Peru. The capital of the Manu province is the city of Salvación.-Political division:The province is divided into four districts , each of which is headed by a mayor :...
, a province of Peru, in the Madre de Dios Region - Manú National ParkManú National ParkManú National Park is a biosphere reserve located in Madre de Dios and Paucartambo, Cusco. Before becoming an area protected by the Peruvian government, the Manú National Park was conserved thanks to its inaccessibility. The park remains fairly inaccessible by road to this day. In 1977, UNESCO...
, Peru - Manú RiverManu RiverThe Manú is a river in southeastern Peru. It runs down the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains into the Amazon Basin. It runs through the Manú National Park, a vast Biosphere Reserve, home to arguably the highest concentration of biodiversity on Earth. Few people live along its length...
, in southeastern Peru - Manu River, TripuraManu River, TripuraThe Manu River rises in the mountains of Tripura . After its initial rapid passage through mountainous terrain it slows and meanders during its course, which includes the Sylhet plains. It joins the Kushiyara River at Manumukh in the Bangladeshi district of Maulvi Bazar.-External links:**...
, which originates in India and flows into Bangladesh - Manu, TripuraManu, TripuraManu is a town in South Tripura district, Tripura, India. It falls under Tripura East Lok Sabha Constituency.-Location:National Highway 44A ends at Manu. The nearest major town is Udaipur, Tripura.-External links:*...
, an assembly constituency under Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency)Tripura East (Lok Sabha Constituency)Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency is one of the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Tripura state in northeastern India. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes... - Manu, a town in Sokoto StateSokoto StateSokoto State is located in the extreme northwest of Nigeria, near to the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2005 it has an estimated population of more than 4.2 million...
, Nigeria - Manu, a village in TopliţaToplita, HunedoaraTopliţa is a commune in Hunedoara County, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Curpenii Silvaşului, Dăbâca, Dealu Mic, Goleş, Hăşdău, Mosoru, Topliţa and Vălari.-References:...
Commune, Hunedoara County, Romania - Manu, a village in TâmnaTâmnaTâmna is a commune located in Mehedinţi County, Romania. It is composed of eleven villages: Adunaţii Teiului, Boceni, Colareţ, Cremenea, Faţa Cremenii, Izvorălu, Manu, Pavăţ, Plopi, Tâmna and Valea Ursului.-References:...
Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania
People
In acting:- Manu IntiraymiManu IntiraymiManu Intiraymi is an American television and theatre actor, best known as Icheb on the television series Star Trek: Voyager....
, American actor, best known as "Icheb" on the television series Star Trek: Voyager - Manu NarayanManu NarayanManu Narayan is an American actor. He has been hailed as a "promising young star...a compelling actor and outstanding singer who can light up a stage with sheer force of personality." Manu has starred on Broadway, and co-stars as Rajneesh alongside Mike Myers in the Paramount Pictures' Film The...
, American actor, and lead singer of the band DARUNAM - Manu BennettManu BennettManu Bennett is an actor from New Zealand who has appeared in television series and movies.- Early life :Born in New Zealand, Bennett's mother was an Australian bikini model, his father a New Zealand singer. The family moved to Australia when Bennett was a few months old...
, New Zealand actor, best known as "Crixus" on the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand
In sports:
- Manchester United F.C.Manchester United F.C.Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
, professional english football club - Manu VatuveiManu VatuveiManu Vatuvei is a New Zealand rugby league player for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is on the wing. He is the cousin of Japanese Rugby Union player Ruatangi Vatuvei. Vatuvei was a member of the New Zealand Kiwis squad that won the 2008...
, New Zealand rugby league footballer - Manú (footballer)Manu (footballer)Emanuel Jesus Bonfim Evaristo, aka Manú , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Legia Warsaw in Poland, as a right winger.-Club career:...
, Portuguese football winger - Emanuel "Manu" GinóbiliManu GinobiliEmanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili is an Argentine professional basketball player. Coming from a family of professional basketball players, he is a member of the Argentine men's national basketball team and the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association .Ginóbili spent the early part of...
, Argentine NBA basketball player - Manuel Fernández MuñizManuel Fernández MuñizManuel Fernández Muñiz, aka Manu , is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Recreativo de Huelva in the Spanish second division, as a goalkeeper.-Football career:...
, aka Manu, Spanish football goalkeeper - Manu SamoaSamoa national rugby union teamThe Manu Samoa is the men's representative side of the Samoa Rugby Union in both the 15's and the 7's for international competitions. The Samoa Rugby Union is owned by the affiliated rugby unions of Samoa. In Samoa, Manu Samoa is in honour of a famous Samoan warrior. From 1924 to 1997 Samoa was...
, the national rugby union team of Samoa - Afa Anoa'i, Jr.Afa Anoa'i, Jr.Afa Anoa'i, Jr. is an American professional wrestler of Samoan descent. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he competed on its Raw brand under the ring name Manu.-World Xtreme Wrestling:...
, a professional wrestler who used the ring name Manu
In other fields:
- Manu ChaoManu ChaoManu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...
, French-born singer and musician of Spanish origin - Manu DibangoManu Dibango-External links:*...
, Cameroonian musician - Manu HerbsteinManu HerbsteinManu Herbstein is the South African author of Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade , which won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, the first time the award had been given to an electronic book. The companion web site to his novel is at http://www.ama.africatoday.com where...
, South African author of Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade - Manu KatchéManu KatchéManu Katché is a French musician of Ivorian origin, born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés on 27 October 1958. He is a drummer and songwriter.-Career:Session musician...
, French drummer - Manu FeildelManu FeildelManu Feildel is a French celebrity chef most widely known for his participation in Australia's cookery competition programs Ready Steady Cook , MasterChef Australia and My Kitchen Rules although he also achieved a solid reputation as a head chef at the restaurant Bilson's before moving to open his...
, French-born chef - Manu LeumannManu LeumannManu Leumann was a Swiss Indo-Europeanist, son of Indologist Ernst Leumann. He was Reader at Munich University 1922-1926, and professor for Indo-European studies at Zürich University 1927-1959.-Publications:...
, German philologist - Gheorghe ManuGheorghe ManuGheorghe Manu was a Romanian Army general, artillery inspector and statesman.After he finished his high school studies in Romania, he went to Prussia in 1847 to study in the German military academies and in 1853, with the approval of the Romanian government, he joined the Prussian Army as a...
, Romanian general and politician - Ioan ManuIoan ManuIoan M. Manu, also known as Iancu Manu , was a Romanian boyar and politician.-Biography:He was the son of Mihail G. Manu, born into a family of Venetian origins that had moved from Istanbul to Wallachia in the mid-18th century, where it was one of the noble families of Phanariotes...
, Romanian boyar and politician - Manu Tenorio, Spanish artist and finalist on the reality show Operación TriunfoOperación TriunfoOperación Triunfo is a reality-show talent contest which first aired on Spain's TVE network in 2001. A kind of cross between Pop Idol, Voces en Función, Star Search, and Big Brother, the show aimed to find the country's next solo singing sensation, putting a selection of hopefuls through their...
Religion
In Hinduism:- Manu (Hinduism)Manu (Hinduism)In various Hindu traditions, Manu is a title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, and also the very first brahman king to rule this earth, who saved mankind from the universal flood. He was absolutely honest which was why he was initially known as "Satyavrata"...
, Hindu progenitor of mankind - Manu SmritiManu Smriti' , also known as Mānava-Dharmaśāstra , is the most important and earliest metrical work of the Dharmaśāstra textual tradition of Hinduism...
, or The Laws of Manu, an important work of Hindu law and ancient Indian society - Manu Needhi CholanManu Needhi CholanManu Needhi Cholan or Manuneedhi Cholan was a legendary Chola king believed to have killed his own son to provide justice to a Cow, following Manu Needhi or Manu's law. Legend has it that the king hung a giant bell in front of his courtroom for anyone needing justice to ring. One day, he came out...
, a legendary Chola Dynasty king
In Ancient Mesopotamia:
- Manu the GreatManu the GreatManu the Great was a Chaldean god who presided over fate.He is referred to as one of the dii minores, or minor deities, of ancient Chaldea by Lenormant in his 1875 work, Chaldean Magic:...
, a Chaldean god of fate
Other
- Manu (genus)Manu (genus)Manu is a genus of prehistoric seabird. It lived during the Early Oligocene, and is known from a few fossil bones found in New Zealand. Its name derives from the Māori language, and is the common Polynesian term for "bird"....
, a genus of prehistoric albatross-like birds - Manu (TV series)Manu (TV series)Manu was a French animated TV series, based on comic books by cartoonist Frank Margerin. It premiered in 1991 and was about a teenager 'Manu' and situations in his own life, with the rest of his family and his friend Robert...
, a 1991 French animated television series - Manu, a character in the 2000 French adult film Baise-moiBaise-moiBaise-moi is a French film co-directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi, released in 2000. It is based on the novel by Despentes, first published in 1999. The film received intense media coverage because of its graphic mix of violence and explicit sex scenes...
- Manu (River City), a character on a BBC Scotland soap opera
- Manu, often used as a nickname for people named Emmanuel(le), Manuel, Manuela, etc.
- Manu, Canadian real estate slang for a modular homeModular homeModular buildings and modular homes are sectional prefabricated buildings or houses that consist of multiple modules or sections which are built in a remote facility and then delivered to their intended site of use...
- Manu, alternate name for the Ornithological Society of PolynesiaOrnithological Society of PolynesiaThe Ornithological Society of Polynesia , also known as Manu, a Polynesian word for “bird”, is an environmental non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats in Polynesia...