Mama Explained

Mama(s) or Mamma or Momma may refer to:

Roles

• Mother, a female parent
• Mama-san, in Japan and East Asia, a woman in a position of authority

Places

• Mama, Russia, an urban-type settlement in the Mamsko-Chuysky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
  • Mama Airport, an airport located near the settlement
  • Mama (river), a tributary of the Vitim of which the settlement takes its name
• Mama Municipality, Yucatán, a municipality
• Mama, Yucatán, the municipal seat of the Mama Municipality, Yucatán

Anatomy

• The breast, the upper ventral region of a mammal's torso; see:
  • Mamma (anatomy) of humans
  • Mammary gland of female mammals
  • Udder of female quadruped mammals

Art, entertainment, and media

People and fictional characters

• Big Bad Mama, stage name of Lynn Braxton, professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
• Big Mama, former manager of American professional wrestler Jimmy Valiant (born 1942)
• Gemma Teller Morrow, a character on The Sons of Anarchy television show, called "Mama" by her lover Nero Padilla
• Mama Fratelli, a character in the 1985 American adventure comedy The Goonies
• Mama Maybelle Harper, a character in the American TV sitcom Gimme a Break!
• Mamas K. Chandran (born 1981), Indian film director, known professionally as Mamas
• Mama Threadgoode, a character in the 1991 American comedy-drama movie Fried Green Tomatoes
• Momma Lift, a character in the 1987 American crime comedy movie Throw Momma from the Train
• Shylo Malsawmtluanga, an Indian footballer nicknamed Mama
• Thelma Harper or "Mama", a fictional character on The Carol Burnett Show and the sitcom Mama's Family
• Mama Thakur, fictional villain in the 1994 Indian film Dilwale, played by Paresh Rawal

Film and television

• Ma-ma (1976 film), a Soviet–French–Romanian musical film directed by Elisabeta Bostan
• Mamma (1982 film), a Swedish film directed by Suzanne Osten
• Mama (1990 film), a Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuan
• "Mama", a 1985 episode of the TV sitcom Gimme a Break!
• Mamá (2008 film), an Argentine short film directed by Andres Muschietti
• Mama (2013 film), a Spanish-Canadian-Mexican supernatural horror directed by Andres Muschietti
• Ma Ma (2015 film), a Spanish film directed by Julio Medem
• Mama (American TV series), a 1949–1957 American comedy–drama series
• Mama (South Korean TV series), a 2014 South Korean television series
• "Mama", a season 3 final episode of Servant (TV series)

Literature

• Mamma (1908), a novel by Rhoda Broughton
• "Mama", a short story by Dorothy Allison in the collection (1988)
• , a 2015 anthology by Antonella Gambotto-Burke
• Momma, a syndicated comic strip

Music

Bands

• Momma (band), an American indie rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 2018

Albums

• Mama (Brenda Fassie album) or the title song, 1994
• Mama (Nomeansno album), 1982
• Mama (Vitas album), or the title song, 2003
• Mama (EP) or the title song (see below), by EXO-K and EXO-M, 2012
• Mama, an EP by Adrian Eagle, 2019

Songs

• "Mama" (6ix9ine song), 2018
• "Mama" (B. J. Thomas song), 1966
• "Mama" (Clean Bandit song), 2019
• "Mama" (Exo song), 2012
• "Mama" (Genesis song), 1983
• "Mama" (Jonas Blue song), 2017
• "Mama" (My Chemical Romance song), 2006
• "Mama" (Spice Girls song), 1997
• "Mama" (Vladimir Arzumanyan song), Armenia entry in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
• "Mama (Ana Ahabak)", by Christina Stürmer, 2003
• "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)", by Plan B, 2006
• "Mamas" (song), by Anne Wilson and Hillary Scott, 2022
• "Mamma" (song), a 1940 Italian song composed by Cesare Andrea Bixio and Bixio Cherubini; covered in English by David Whitfield (1955), Connie Francis (1960), and others
• "Mama", by Alabama Shakes from Boys & Girls, 2012
• "Mama", by Ant Wan, 2019
• "Mama", by Beth Hart from Screamin' for My Supper, 1999
• "Mama", by Brymo from Oṣó, 2018
• "Mama", by BTS from Wings, 2016
• "Mama", by Chris Brown from Exclusive, 2007
• "Mama", by Doda from Aquaria (physical reissue edition), 2022
• "Mama", by Electric Light Orchestra from ELO 2, 1973
• "Mama", by Ella Eyre and Banx & Ranx, 2019
• "Mama", by Godsmack from IV, 2006
• "Mama", by Helen Reddy from Music, Music, 1976
• "Mama", by Il Divo from Il Divo, 2004
• "Mama", by The Kelly Family, 1999
• "Mama", by Kim Appleby from Kim Appleby, 1990
• "Mama", by The Lonely Island from Turtleneck & Chain, 2011
• "Mama", by Lyfe Jennings from I Still Believe, 2010
• "MAMA", by MadClip (1987-2021) Greek-American rapper
• "Mama", by Oingo Boingo from Boi-ngo, 1986
• "Mama", by The Sugarcubes from Life's Too Good, 1988
• "Mama", by The-Dream from Love Hate, 2007
• "Mamá", by Timbiriche from La Banda Timbiriche, 1982
• "Mama", by Toto from Hydra, 1979
• "Mama", by Trina from The One, 2019
• "Mama", by Umberto Tozzi, a B-side of "Gloria", 1979
• "Mama", by Yemi Alade from Mama Africa, 2016
• "M.A.M.A", by Nana Mizuki from Alive & Kicking, 2004

Other music

• MAMA Records, an American record label
• Mnet Asian Music Awards, an annual South Korean music awards show
• MTV Africa Music Awards, a continental music awards show

Other entertainment

• Mama (magazine), a Swedish magazine
• Mama (1966), a stage musical by Mbongeni Ngema

Brands and enterprises

• MAMA & Company, a UK live-venue and event management company
• MAMA Gallery, an art gallery in Los Angeles, California
• MAMMA (association), Modernist Architects of Morocco Memorial Association
• Murray Art Museum Albury, New South Wales, Australia
• Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI (MAMAS)
• Mama, a brand of instant noodles by Thai President Foods

Computing and technology

• Mama (software), an object-oriented programming language
• Mamma.com, a metasearch engine operated by Copernic

Religion and mythology

• Mammes of Caesarea or Mammas (259–275), semi-legendary child-martyr of the 3rd century
• Mami (goddess) or Mama, a goddess in the Babylonian epic Atra-Hasis
• Ninhursag or Mamma, a Sumerian earth goddess

Other uses

• Mamma cloud, or mammatus cloud, a type of cloud
• Mama and papa, in linguistics, the sequences of sounds corresponding to the words for "mother" and "father"
• Mama or sugar mama, an older partner in a transactional relationship
• Mama (wasp), a genus of wasps in the tribe Euphorini

See also

• Baby mama (disambiguation)
• Big Bad Mamma, a track from the soundtrack to the 1997 film, How to Be a Player
• La Mama (disambiguation)
• Lil Mama (born 1989), American hip hop recording artist
• Ma (disambiguation)
• Ma-Mha, a 2007 Thai film
• Mame (disambiguation)
• Mami (disambiguation)
• Mamma mia (disambiguation)
• Mamo (song), by Anastasia Prikhodko, Russia's 2009 Eurovision entry
• Maternal insult or "yo mama joke"
• Mom (disambiguation)
• Mommy (disambiguation)
• Mother (disambiguation)
• Suga Mama (disambiguation)
• Mamak (disambiguation)