Mimas
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Mimas may refer to:
  • Mimas (giant)
    Mimas (giant)
    Mimas was one of the Gigantes of Greek mythology. Like the other giant sons of Gaia, Mimas had serpents for legs and was born fully armoured. Mimas was slain by Hephaestus during the war against the Olympians by a volley of molten iron.-References:...

    , son of Gaia in Greek mythology, one of the Gigantes slain by Hephaistos
  • Mimas (Aeneid)
    Mimas (Aeneid)
    Mimas is a Greek mythological character who appears in Virgil's Aeneid. He was the son of Amycus and Theona. A Trojan, he accompanied Aeneas to Italy, where he was killed by Mezentius....

    , a son of Amycus and Theona, who escorted Aeneas to Italy
  • Karaburun
    Karaburun
    Karaburun is a district and the center town of the same district in Turkey's İzmir Province. The district area roughly corresponds to the peninsula of the same name which spears north of the tourism resorts of neighboring Çeşme and its dependencies and west of the city of İzmir. In fact, the...

    , a town and district in Turkey, formerly called Mimas in reference to the Giant
  • Mimas (moon)
    Mimas (moon)
    Mimas is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. It is named after Mimas, a son of Gaia in Greek mythology, and is also designated Saturn I....

    , in astronomy, a moon of Saturn marked by a giant crater on its surface
  • Mimas (genus)
    Mimas (genus)
    Mimas is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family.-Species:*Mimas christophi - *Mimas tiliae -...

    , a genus of Hawk moths, including the Lime Hawk-moth
  • Mimas (data centre)
    Mimas (data centre)
    Mimas is a nationally designated academic data centre based at The University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Its role is to support the advancement of knowledge, powering world-class research and teaching....

    , a UK national academic data centre at The University of Manchester
  • Mimas (band)
    Mimas (band)
    Mimas is a Danish band, based in Aarhus. The band comprises Iceland-born Snævar Njáll Albertsson , Daniel Malling Beck , Gert Hoberg Jørgensen , and Lasse Dahl ....

    , a Denmark based Post-Rock band


Pronounced with a final /z/ sound, it may be:
  • Mima mounds
    Mima Mounds
    Mima mounds is a term used for low, flattened, circular to oval, domelike, natural mounds found in the northwestern United States, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, that are composed of loose, unstratified, often gravelly sediment that is an overthickened A Horizon...

    , the unexplained geological formations found on the Mima Prairie, as well as other locations
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