Manna (disambiguation) explained

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

Manna may also refer to:

• crystallized products of plant sap, especially when rich in sugars and used as a source of food by people or animals, in particular saps of:
  • manna ash (Fraxinus ornus)
  • European ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
  • narrow-leafed ash (Fraxinus angustifolia)
  • Alhagi maurorum (Alhagi manna)
  • Eucalyptus or Australian manna:
    • Eucalyptus viminalis
    • Eucalyptus gunnii
    • Eucalyptus pulverulenta

Arts and entertainment

• Manam (film), a 2014 Telugu language film
• Manna (album), a 1971 album by the band Bread
• Manna (novel), a novel by Marshall Brain
• "Manna" (short story), a 1949 story by Peter Phillips

People

• Manna (actor) (1964–2008), Bangladeshi film actor
• Manna Dey (1919–2013), Indian singer and composer
• Manna Naidoo (1948–2022), South African politician
• Manna Singh (1914–1954), Indian field hockey player and officer
• Gennaro Manna (1715–1779), Italian composer
• Zohar Manna (1939–2018), American computer scientist

Places

• Manna (city), a town in Bengkulu, Indonesia
• Manna, or Mannea, ancient Land of Mannaeans, in present-day northwestern Iran
• Manna, Banmauk, a village in Burma
• Manna, Greece, a village in Corinthia

Other

• Manna Aviation, an Australian aircraft manufacturer
• Operation Manna, the 29 April – 7 May 1945 RAF food droppings in the West of the Netherlands at the end of World War II
• Operation Manna, a mid-October 1944 joint British and Greek, partially airborne, operation in Greece; part of World War II
• Manna (horse), winner of the 1925 Epsom Derby
• Manna (gymnastics), a gymnastics skill
• Manna (cicada), a genus of cicadas

See also

• Mana (disambiguation)