Amma or AMMA may refer to:
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American Medical Marijuana Association
The American Medical Marijuana Association (AMMA) is an organization formed to promote and protect legal access to medical marijuana.
AMMA was founded in cyberspace on October 27, 2000, by Steve Kubby, Ed Rosenthal, and Tod H. Mikuriya.
AMMA i ...
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Amhara Mass Media Agency (created in 1993), a media organisation in Amhara Region in Ethiopia
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Association of Malayalam Movie Artists
The Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (A.M.M.A) is an Indian organisation of film actors and actresses working in Malayalam cinema, formed in 1994.
Governing body
The governing body serves for three years. It includes a President, two Vice ...
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Assistant Masters' and Mistresses' Association, former British trade union
People
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Anasuya Devī
Matrusri Anasuya Devi (born 28 March 1923 – 1985), better known simply as Amma Mother" was an Indian spiritual guru from Andhra Pradesh.
Early life
Anasuya Devi was an Indian guru from Jillellamudi (now partially known as Arkapuri), Gun ...
(1923–1985), Indian spiritual guru
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J. Jayalalithaa
Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian politician and actress who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years over six terms between 1991 and 2016. From 9 February 1989 to 5 December 2 ...
(1948–2016), Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
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Mata Amritanandamayi
Mātā Amritānandamayī Devī (born Sudhamani Idamannel; 27 September 1953), often known as Amma ("Mother"), is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, guru and humanitarian, who is revered as 'the hugging saint' by her followers.
In 2018, she w ...
(born 1953), Indian spiritual guru known as "the hugging saint"
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Amma Sri Karunamayi
Amma Sri Karunamayi (born 1958) is a Hindu spiritual leader. Sri Karunamayi travels internationally promoting global peace and meditation.
Early life
Amma Karunamayi was born in South India in 1958. Karunamayi's mother was a devotee of B ...
(born 1958), Indian spiritual guru
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Amma Asante
Amma Asante (born 13 September 1969) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and Chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts, who was born in London to parents from Ghana. Her love for the film industry started when she received ...
(born 1969), British screenwriter and director
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Amma Asante (politician)
Amma Asentewaa Asante (born 14 May 1972) is a Dutch politician. She was a member of the municipal council of Amsterdam from 1998 to 2006 and a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the Labour Party from 2016 to 2017.
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(born 1972), Dutch politician
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Kollakkayil Devaki Amma
Kollakkayil Devaki Amma (born ) is an Indian woman who began to grow a forest after a car accident prevented her from farming. The forest now covers 4.5 acres and has over 3,000 trees. She has received several awards for her work, including the ...
(born ), Indian forester
Film
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''Amma'' (1949 film), a Sri Lankan film
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''Amma'' (1952 film), an Indian Malayalam film
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''Amma'' (1968 film), an Indian Kannada film
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''Amma'' (1976 film), an Indian Malayalam film directed by M. Krishnan Nair
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''Amma'' (1986 film), a 1986 Hindi-language Indian feature film
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Amma Rajinama
''Amma Rajinama'' (English translation: ''Resignation of Mother'') is a 1991 Indian Telugu film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao and cinematography by Chota K. Naidu. The Mother character is portrayed by Sharada. This is one of the movies wh ...
'', a 1991 Indian Telugu film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao
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''Amma'' (2003 film), an Indian Hindi film
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''Amma'' (2018 film), an Indian film
Other
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Amma, Iran
Amma ( fa, اما, also Romanized as Ammā and Amā) is a village in Gachi Rural District, Gachi District, Malekshahi County, Ilam Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 58, in 13 families. The village is populated by Kurds ug: ...
, a village in Ilam Province, Iran
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Amma, West Virginia
Amma is an unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers clas ...
, an unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, US
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Amma (deity)
Amma or AMMA may refer to:
Acronym
* American Medical Marijuana Association
* Amhara Mass Media Agency (created in 1993), a media organisation in Amhara Region in Ethiopia
* Association of Malayalam Movie Artists
* Assistant Masters' and Mist ...
, the supreme creator according to the
Dogon people
The Dogon are an ethnic group indigenous to the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa, south of the Niger River, Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, and in Burkina Faso. The population numbers between 400,000 and 800,000. They spe ...
of Mali
* Amma ("grandmother"), the ancestress of the freemen in Norse mythology; see ''
Rígsþula
''Rígsþula'' or ''Rígsmál'' (Old Norse: 'The Lay of Ríg') is an Eddic poem, preserved in the manuscript (AM 242 fol, the Codex Wormianus), in which a Norse god named Ríg or Rígr, described as "old and wise, mighty and strong,", fathers t ...
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''Amma'' (TV series), a 2016 Hindi-language Indian crime drama television series
See also
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