Melas may refer to:
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mela
People
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Melas (mythology) In Greek mythology, the name Melas (Ancient Greek: Μέλανα means "black, dark") refers to a number of characters.
*Melas, son of Poseidon from Tirgu-Jiu and an unnamed nymph of Chios, brother of Agelus.Pausanias, 7.4.8 He may or may not be id ...
, a number of different characters in Greek mythology
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Pavlos Melas
Pavlos Melas ( el, Παύλος Μελάς, ''Pávlos Melás''; March 29, 1870 – October 13, 1904) was a Greek revolutionary and artillery officer of the Hellenic Army. He participated in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and was amongst the first ...
(1870–1904), a Hellenic Army officer and a symbol of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia
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Chloe Melas
Chloe Elizabeth Melas is an American journalist currently serving as an entertainment reporter for CNN and HLN. She was previously the senior entertainment reporter for Hollywood Life and the host of VH1's morning TV show ''The Gossip Table''.
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, an American journalist
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Leon Melas
Leon Melas ( el, Λέων Μελάς, 1812–1879) was a Greek politician, representative to the National Assemblies of 1843 and 1862 and author. His greatest work was the novel ''Gerostathis''. He excelled as Minister of Justice, Ecclesiastical A ...
(1812–1879), a Greek politician
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Michael von Melas
Michael Friedrich Benedikt Baron von Melas (12 May 1729 – 31 May 1806) was a Transylvanian-born field marshal for the Habsburg monarchy, Austrian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
He was born in Bunești, Brașov, Radeln, Transylvania (nowada ...
, a field marshal for the Austrian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars
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Mihail Melas
Mihail Melas ( el, Μιχαήλ Μελάς, 1833– 17 June 1897) was a Greek politician and merchant, who served as Mayor of Athens from 1 October 1891 – 31 October 1894.
Biography
He was born in Syros, the son of Georgios Melas, a member of ...
(1833–1897), a Greek politician and merchant
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Vasileios Melas Vasileios Melas ( el, Βασίλειος Μελάς; 1879 in Athens – 1956) was an Lieutenant General of the Hellenic army. He was Pavlos Melas' younger brother.
Biography
Vasileios Melas was born in Athens and was the last of the seven child ...
(1879–1956), an officer of the Hellenic army, brother of Pavlos Melas
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Zafeiris Melas
Zafeiris Melas or Zafiris Melas (Greek: Ζαφείρης Μελάς) is a Greek contemporary pop-folk laïko singer.
He was born in Xanthi to Muslim Romani parents and grew up in a poor neighbourhood. In his youth, he started performing in local g ...
(born 1957), a Greek pop-folk singer
Places
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Melas, Kastoria
Melas ( el, Μελάς) is a mountainous village in the regional unit of Kastoria, Western Macedonia, Greece. It belongs to the municipality of Kastoria and specifically to the municipal unit of Korestia. The previous name of the village was Stat ...
, a village in Western Macedonia, Greece, formerly Statitsa, renamed for Pavlos Melas
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Pavlos Melas (municipality)
Pavlos Melas is a municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It is named after a Greek revolutionary officer of the Macedonian Struggle, Pavlos Melas. It was formed during the administrative reform introduced b ...
, in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
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Melas (Naxos), a town in ancient Greece
* Melas, now
Manavgat River
Manavgat River originates on the eastern slopes of Western Taurus Mountains in Turkey. In ancient times it was called Melas ( grc, Μέλας).
At an elevation of 1,350 m, the outflow of several small springs joins together to become the headwater ...
, in Turkey
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Melas Chasma
Melas Chasma is a canyon on Mars, the widest segment of the Valles Marineris canyon system, located east of Ius Chasma at 9.8°S, 283.6°E in Coprates quadrangle. It cuts through layered deposits that are thought to be sediments from an old lake ...
, a canyon on Mars
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Gulf of Melas
Saros Bay or Gulf of Saros ( tr, Saros Körfezi; el, κόλπος του Σάρρου) is a gulf in the Dardanelles, Turkey. Ancient Greeks called it the Gulf of Melas (), before it was renamed.
The bay is long and wide. Far from industrial ...
, the previous name of Gulf of Saros, in Turkey
Other uses
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MELAS syndrome
Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is one of the family of mitochondrial diseases, which also include MIDD (maternally inherited diabetes and deafness, MERRF syndrome, and Leber's hereditary optic neur ...
, one of the family of mitochondrial cytopathies
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Mela (disambiguation)
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