Matta Explained

Matta may refer to:

Places

• Mata, Israel, a moshav in Israel, southwest of Jerusalem; also spelt Matta
• Matta, Punjab, a Union Council of Kasur District, Pakistan
• Matta, Russia, a village in Megyuryonsky Rural Okrug in the Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic
• Matta, Suriname, an indigenous village in Suriname
• Matta (river), a river in the Sakha Republic, Russia
• Matta River (Virginia), United States
• Matta, Swat, a city in Swat, NWFP Pakistan, the main centre of TNSM

People

Sport

• Svein Mathisen (1952–2011), Norwegian footballer with nickname Matta
• Cristiano da Matta (born 1973), Brazilian auto racing driver
• Thad Matta (born 1967), American college basketball coach

Other fields

• Basheer Matta, Pakistani politician
• Matta (chief), a chief of Siwistan in the 7th century A.D.
• Matta El Meskeen (1919–2006), Coptic Orthodox monk
• Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978), American artist
• Liana Fiol Matta (born 1946), Puerto Rican jurist
• Roberto Matta (1911–2002), one of Chile's best-known painters
• Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar (1947–2006), Brazilian soldier

Other uses

• Matta (restaurant), a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
• Matta (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae
• Matta rice, a variety of rice grown in the Palakkad District of Kerala, India