Mann may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
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Mann (chess)
The mann (plural ''mannen'') or man is a fairy chess piece that may move to any adjoining square. It is similar to the king, but it is not a (i.e. it is not subject to check and checkmate), and it cannot castle.Hooper & Whyld (1996), p. 244. ' ...
, a variant chess piece which moves as a king
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''Mann'' (film), a 1999 Bollywood motion picture
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''Mann'' (magazine), a Norwegian magazine
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Mann Theatres
Mann Theatres was a movie theater chain that predominantly operated in the western United States, with a heavy concentration of theaters in Southern California.
Its motto was "Where Hollywood goes to the movies".
History
The Mann Theatres chai ...
, a theatre chain corporation
* Mann Co., a fictional company in
''Team Fortress 2''
* Mann Manor, a map for
''Team Fortress 2''
Language
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Mann language, spoken in Guinea and Liberia
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Mannaz
*Mannaz is the conventional name of the ''m''-rune of the Elder Futhark. It is derived from the reconstructed Common Germanic word for "man", ''*mannaz''.
Younger Futhark ᛘ is maðr ("man"). It took up the shape of the algiz rune ᛉ, repl ...
(ᛗ), a runic letter of the Germanic Elder Futhark
People
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Mann (rapper)
Dijon Shariff Thames (born July 17, 1991), better known by his stage name Mann (often stylized as MANN), is an American rapper from West Los Angeles, California discovered by record producer J. R. Rotem. He's perhaps best known for his singles " ...
(born 1991), from California, US
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Mann (surname) Mann is a German, Jewish (Ashkenazic) or English surname of Germanic origin. It means 'man', 'person', 'husband'. In the runic alphabet, the meaning 'man', 'human', is represented by the single character ᛗ.
Mann (or Maan) is also an Indian sur ...
, people with the surname Mann
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Thomas Mann
Paul Thomas Mann ( , ; ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novell ...
, a German novelist, essayist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
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Horace Mann
Horace Mann (May 4, 1796August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer, slavery abolitionist and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education. In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts St ...
, a America public school advocator and senator (1796-1859)
Places
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Isle of Man
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(also ''Mann''), an island nation in the Irish Sea
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Mann Island
Mann Island is a small area in Liverpool, England. It lies on the waterfront next to the River Mersey between the Albert Dock to the south and the Pier Head to the north.
History
Mann Island was formed in the 18th and 19th centuries as part ...
, Liverpool, England
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Mann Auditorium
Heichal HaTarbut ( he, היכל התרבות), also known in English as the Culture Palace, officially the Charles Bronfman Auditorium, until 2013 the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium, is the largest concert hall in Tel Aviv, Israel, and home to the ...
, the Heichal HaTarbut concert hall in Tel Aviv, Israel (former name)
Other uses
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Mann (paramilitary rank)
''Mann'' ( en, "man" or "male"), was a paramilitary rank used by several Nazi Party paramilitary organizations between 1925 and 1945. The rank is most often associated with the ''Schutzstaffel'' (''SS-Mann''), but also was a rank of the SA, wh ...
, a Nazi rank
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Mann (unit)
The batman () was a unit of mass used in the Ottoman Empire and among Turkic peoples of the Russian Empire. It has also been recorded as a unit of area in Uyghur-speaking regions of Central Asia. The name is Turkic (Ottoman Turkish ; Chagatai ) ...
, an Arabic unit of mass
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Maund
The maund (), mun or mann (Bengali: ; Urdu: ) is the anglicized name for a traditional unit of mass used in British India, and also in Afghanistan, Persia, and Arabia:. the same unit in the Mughal Empire was sometimes written as ''mann'' or ''mun ...
, an obsolete unit of mass used in South Asia
See also
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Maan (disambiguation)
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Man (disambiguation)
A man is an adult male of the modern human species, its individuals, and nearest extinct relatives. See also man (word) for the etymology.
Man or MAN may also refer to:
Places
* Isle of Man, located in the Irish Sea, part of the British Isles
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