Samana
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Dominican Republic
- Samaná Province
- Samaná, Dominican Republic, or Santa Bárbara de Samaná, the capital of Samaná Province
- Samaná PeninsulaSamaná PeninsulaThe Samaná Península is a peninsula in Dominican Republic situated in the province of Samaná. The Samaná Peninsula is connected to the rest of the state by the isthmus of Samaná. The Peninsula contains many beaches, especially in the city of Santa Bárbara de Samaná. It contains 3 rivers. The main...
- Cape Samana on Samaná Peninsula
- Samaná BaySamana BaySamaná Bay is a bay in the eastern Dominican Republic. The Yuna River flows into the Samaná Bay, and it is located south of the town and peninsula of Samaná....
, a body of water in the Atlantic next to the Samaná Peninsula - Samaná Mountain Range (Sierra de Samaná)
Other
- Samana CaySamana CaySamana Cay is the largest now uninhabited island in the Bahamas, believed by some researchers to have been the location of Columbus's first landfall in the Americas, on October 12, 1492....
, a uninhabited island in the central Bahamas - Samana, IndiaSamana, IndiaSamana is a city and a municipal council in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab.Before Independence, Samana was a part of Patiala Kingdom . Now it is a part of Patiala District of Punjab .- Geography :...
, a town in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab - Samana RangeSamana RangeThe Samana Range is a mountain ridge in the Kohat District of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, commanding the southern boundary of Tirah. The ridge lies between the Khanki Valley on the north and the Miranzai Valley on the south, and extends for some 30 m. west from Hangu to the Samana...
, a mountain range in Pakistan near Peshawar - Samana, GuineaSamana, GuineaSamana is a town and sub-prefecture in the Beyla Prefecture in the Nzérékoré Region of south-eastern Guinea....
People
- Samana, , or ShramanaShramanaA shramana is a wandering monk in certain ascetic traditions of ancient India including Jainism, Buddhism, and Ājīvikism. Famous śramaṇas include Mahavira and Gautama Buddha....
, the name for certain wandering ascetics from India, one of whom was Gautama Buddha - Samana, the mother of Imam Ali al-HadiAli al-Hadi‘Alī al-Hādī , also known as ‘Alī an-Naqī was the tenth of the Twelve Imams. His full name is ‘Alī ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Alī. The exact date of his birth and death are unknown, but it is generally accepted that he was born between 827–830 CE and he died in 868 CE.- Early years :‘Alī al-Hādī was born...
Other
- Samaná AmericansSamaná AmericansThe Samaná Americans are a cultural sub-group of descendants of African American freed people who, beginning in 1824, immigrated to the Samaná Peninsula in Hispaniola—then under Haitian administration—benefiting from the favorable pro-African immigration policy of president Jean Pierre Boyer...
, a community of descendants of 19th century U.S. freed people of color in the Dominican Republic - Samaná EnglishSamaná EnglishSamaná English is a variety of the English language spoken by about 8,000 people in the Samaná Peninsula, Dominican Republic. The speakers of Samaná English are the descendants of African freed persons, who came from West Africa beginning in 1824 when they were forced to learn the forms of the...
, Spoken by the Samaná Americans