Mandara is an ethnic group and a language family in West Africa.
It is also an alternative spelling of "mandarah", referring to a guest room in Middle Eastern buildings, especially in Egypt.
Additionally, it may refer to:
West Africa
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Mandara languages
Mandara is an ethnic group and a language family in West Africa.
It is also an alternative spelling of "mandarah", referring to a guest room in Middle Eastern buildings, especially in Egypt.
Additionally, it may refer to:
West Africa
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is one of the group of Chadic languages
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Mandara Kingdom
The Mandara Kingdom (sometimes called Wandala) was an African kingdom in the Mandara Mountains of what is today Cameroon. The Mandara people are descended from the kingdom's inhabitants.
History
Tradition states that Mandara was founded sho ...
of Cameroon
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Mandara Mountains
The Mandara Mountains are a volcanic range extending about 190 km (about 120 mi) along the northern part of the Cameroon–Nigeria border, from the Benue River in the south () to the north-west of Maroua in the north (). The highest e ...
of Cameroon
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Mandara people
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The Mandara people, also known as Wandala or Mandwara, are a Central African traditionalist ethnic group found in north Cameroon northeastern Nigeria, and southeastern Chad.El Mandara, a neighbourhood in Alexandria, Egypt
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Bali Mandara Toll Road
Bali Mandara Toll Road or Nusa Dua-Ngurah Rai-Benoa Toll Road is a toll road carried by a bridge stretching across the Gulf of Benoa 12.7 km in length. The Rp 2.48 Trillion (USD 220 million) highway connects the city of Denpasar and South Kut ...
, an elevated toll road in Bali, Indonesia
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Mandala
A mandala ( sa, मण्डल, maṇḍala, circle, ) is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for e ...
, Hindu and Buddhist religious object or symbol
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Mandara people (Australia)
The Mandara were an indigenous Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. They are extinct, having been absorbed into neighboring peoples, and their language is unrecorded.
Country
According to Norman Tindale, the Mandara's tr ...
, an Australian Aboriginal tribe
* Mandara tree, the
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
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Erythrina stricta
''Erythrina stricta'' is a species of trees in the family Fabaceae identified by William Roxburgh in 1832. It is now placed in the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Phaseoleae. This species has been recorded from the Indian subcontinent, Indochi ...
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* Mandaraba tree, the
Indian Coral Tree
''Erythrina variegata'', commonly known as tiger's claw or Indian coral tree, is a species of ''Erythrina'' native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern Africa, the Indian subcontinent, northern Australia, and the islands of the Ind ...
(''Erythrina variegata'')
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Calotropis gigantea
''Calotropis gigantea'', the crown flower, is a species of ''Calotropis'' native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, China, Pakistan, and Nepal.
It is a large shrub growing to tall. It has clus ...
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Mount Mandara
Mandara ( sa, मन्दर, मन्दार; ) is the name of the mountain that appears in the Samudra Manthana episode in the Hindu Puranas, where it was used as a churning rod to churn the ocean of milk. Shiva's serpent, Vasuki, offered ...
, a mythical mountain in the Hindu Puranas
* ''Mandara'' (TV series), a German television series
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Mandara language
Mandara, also known as Tabar, is an Austronesian language spoken on the Tabar Group of islands, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the I ...
, an Austronesian language spoken on the Tabar Group of islands, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
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Mandara Spa Mandara Spa is a global spa management company founded in Bali and now under the company ''Steiner Leisure Limited'', publicly listed in Nasdaq (STNR). Steiner was purchased in 2016 by private equity firm Catterton.
The name Mandara comes from an a ...
, a global spa management company founded in Bali and now under the company ''Steiner Leisure Limited''
See also
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Mandala (disambiguation)
Mandala is a geometric configuration of symbols used in various spiritual traditions.
Mandala may also refer to:
Geography
* The Mandala, a famous boulder problem in Bishop, California
* Blantyre, a city in Malawi, also called Mandala
* Puncak M ...
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Mandar (disambiguation) Mandar may refer to:
* Mandar (given name), a masculine Indian given name
* Mandar (Vidhan Sabha constituency), a constituency of the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, India
* Mandar block, an administrative blocks of Ranchi distr ...