Amba or AMBA may refer to:

Title

* Amba Hor, alternative name for

Abhor and Mehraela Abhor (or Amba Hor) and Mehraela were a brother and sister who were martyrs for the Christian faith. Etymology of the word "Abhor": from Latin ''abhorrēre'' (to shudder at, shrink from), from "ab" (away) and "horrēre" (to bristle, shudder).

, Christian martyrs * Amba Sada, also known as

Psote Psote (died 300), also known as Bisada, Besada, Abashadi, Abassadius, or Beshada, was a bishop of Ebsay in Upper Egypt. He was martyred by beheading at Antinoe. His feast day The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of ...

, Christian bishop and martyr in Upper Egypt

Given name

* Amba, the traditional first name given to the first daughter of the royal family in the

Kingdom of Cochin The Kingdom of Cochin, named after its capital in the city of Kochi (Cochin), was a kingdom in the central part of present-day Kerala state. It commenced at the early part of the 12th century and continued to rule until 1949, when monarchy w ...

, India *

Amba (Mahabharata) Amba () is a princess featured in the Mahabharata. She is the eldest and most beautiful daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi, and the sister of Ambika and Ambalika. Amba, along with her sisters, were abducted by Bhishma during their svayamv ...

, the eldest daughter of King of Kashi in the Hindu epic *

Amba Bongo Amba Bongo is a writer and advocate for refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo-Kinshasa. She mainly works with vulnerable French African women seeking to settle in the United Kingdom. Amba writes novels, poems and short stories Her fir ...

, a writer and advocate for refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo *

Amba Etta-Tawo Amba Etta-Tawo (born November 10, 1993) is a gridiron football wide receiver for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Maryland from 2012 to 2015 and at Syracuse in 2016. College career Maryl ...

(born 1993), American football player * Amba Prasad (businessman) (1860–1950), Indian businessman and philanthropist *

Sufi Amba Prasad Amba Prasad (1858 — 21 January 1917) also known as '' Sufi'' Amba Prasad, was an Indian nationalist and pan-Islamist leader notable for his involvement in the agrarian unrest in Punjab in 1907 and subsequently in the Revolutionary movement for ...

(1858–1919), Indian nationalist and pan-Islamist leader * Amba, one of the names of the Hindu goddess

Durga Durga ( sa, दुर्गा, ) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi. She is associated with protection, strength, motherhood, destruction, and wars. Durga's legend centres around co ...

Amba Shepherd Amber Louise Shepherd, better known by her stage name Amba Shepherd is an Australian singer and songwriter, best known for her collaborations with the Dutch music producer, Hardwell. Amba Shepherd was named "The most relevant guest vocalist in ED ...

, Australian singer and songwriter

Languages

Amba language (Solomon Islands) Amba (also known as ''Aba'', ''Nembao'' or ''Nebao'') is the main language spoken on the island of Utupua, in the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over ...

, one of the three Utupua languages *

Amba language (Bantu) Amba (also spelled Bulebule, Hamba, Humu, Kihumu, Ku-Amba, Kuamba, Lubulebule, Lwamba, Ruwenzori Kibira, and Rwamba) is a language spoken in parts of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Amba people. The Amba people call it Kwamba ...

, spoken by the Amba people of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Places

Amba (river) The Amba (russian: Амба, in Udege Language it means ''Tiger'') is a river in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It rises in the Borisov Plateau near the border with China and flow into the Amur Bay of the Sea of Japan. The river is long. Its drainage b ...

, in Primorsky Krai, Russia * Amba River (India), in Maharashtra, India *

Amba, Birbhum Amba is a neighbourhood of Mallarpur town in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India. Amba is a ward of Mallarpur and also a mouza. There is a Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram Hostel near Amba at mollarpur beside Ramkrishna as ...

, a village in Birbhum district, West Bengal India *

Ambaji Ambaji (''Ambājī'') is a census town in Banaskantha district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is known for its historical connections with sites of cultural heritage. Geography Ambaji is a town within taluka district Banaskantha, North ...

, a town in Gujarat, India *

Ambadagatti Ambadagatti is a village in Belgaum district in the southern state of Karnataka, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous ...

, a village in Karnataka, India

AMBA

Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture The ARM Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA) is an open-standard, on-chip interconnect specification for the connection and management of functional blocks in system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs. It facilitates development of multi-process ...

, an on-chip bus standard for System-on-Chip (SoC) designs * ''Andelsselskab med begrænset ansvar'', a

type of business entity A business entity is an entity that is formed and administered as per corporate law in order to engage in business activities, charitable work, or other activities allowable. Most often, business entities are formed to sell a product or a servi ...

in Denmark * Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, another name for

Greater Buenos Aires Greater Buenos Aires ( es, Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area ( es, Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjac ...

Association of MBAs The Association of MBAs (AMBA) is a global organisation founded in 1967 which focuses primarily on international business school accreditation and membership. Roles Based in London, AMBA is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in ...

Other uses

Amba (condiment) Amba or anba ( ar, عنبة, but also mis-spelled عمبة, أمبة, همبة, he, עמבה) is a tangy mango pickle condiment of Indian-Jewish origin. It is typically made of pickled green mangoes, vinegar, salt, turmeric, chili and fenug ...

, a tangy mango pickle condiment with sauce-like consistency * ''Amba'' (film), 1990 Indian Bollywood film * ''AMBA'' (animated film), 1994-1995 Russian animated film *

Amba (geology) An Amba ( am, ዐምባ ''āmbā'', ti, እምባ ''imbā'') is a characteristic landform in Ethiopia. It is a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of villages, wells, and their surrounding farmland. Such settlements were frequently ...

, a type of steep sided, flat topped mountain in Ethiopia *

Amba people Amba (pl. Baamba and known by various other names) is a Bantu ethnic group located on the border area between the DRC and Uganda south of Lake Albert in the northern foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains. On the Uganda side, they are found in Bundib ...

of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo * INS ''Amba'' (A54), a submarine tender ship formerly in service with the Indian Navy * Amba, name given to the

Siberian tiger The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is a population of the tiger subspecies ''Panthera tigris tigris'' native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China and possibly North Korea. It once ranged throughout the Korean Peninsula, but currently inhabit ...

by indigenous people in the Russian Far East * Amba hotels, a brand owned by

GLH Hotels GLH Hotels Management (UK) Limited (branded glh.) is a British-based global hotel company, headquartered in London, and subsidiary of GL Limited. GLH is the largest owner-operator hotel management company in London with over 5,000 hotel rooms. T ...