Manta or mantas may refer to: * Manta ray, large fish belonging to the genus ''Manta''

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

* Manta (comics), a character in American Marvel Comics publications * Manta (''Uridium''), a spaceship in the British computer game ''Uridium'' *

Manta Oyamada The manga and anime series ''Shaman King'' features several characters created by Hiroyuki Takei. As a result of being focused on shamanism the series' cast is divided between humans and spirits, the latter not being able to go the afterlife due t ...

, a character in the Japanese manga series ''Shaman King'' * Manta and Moray, amphibious superheroes from the 1970s TV series ''Tarzan and the Super 7''

Film

* '' Manta, Manta'', a 1991 German-language action comedy film

Music

Death (metal band) Death was an American death metal band formed in Altamonte Springs, Florida, in 1984 by Chuck Schuldiner. Death is considered to be among the most influential bands in heavy metal music and a pioneering force in death metal. The band's 1987 de ...

, an American band known as Mantas (1983–1984) *

Jeffrey Dunn Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn (born 22 April 1961) is a British guitarist best known as one of the founding members of thrash/speed metal band Venom, with which he played as a guitarist from 1979 to 1985 and 1989 to 2002. He currently plays in Venom ...

(born 1961), known as Mantas, and his band Mantas, formed in 1986

People

Manta (surname) Manta is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexandru Manta (born 1977), Romanian rugby union player *Karina Manta (born 1996), American ice dancer * João Abel Manta (born 1928), Portuguese architect, painter, illustrator and ca ...

(includes a list of people with that name) *

Mantas Mantas is a Lithuanian given name. Mantas is also a surname found in several European countries including Portugal, Spain, Greece, Germany, and others. The exact connection between the different regions of occurrence is presently unknown, although ...

, a given name and a surname (includes a list of people with that name) * Manta people, nomadic ethnic group in Bangladesh

Places

* Manta, Benin a town and ''arrondissement'' in Atakora department, Benin *

Manta, Cundinamarca Manta is a municipality and town located in the northeast of the department of Cundinamarca ( Colombia), from Bogotá. It is located in the Almeidas Province in the Tenza Valley. Manta borders to the north Tibiritá, to the west Machetá, ...

, a municipality and town Almeidas province, Colombia *

Manta, Ecuador Manta, also known as San Pablo de Manta, is an Ecuadorian city; cantonal head of the Manta Canton, as well as the largest and most populated city in the Manabí Province. It is the tenth most populous in the country. Manta has existed since Pre-C ...

, a city in Manabí Province, Ecuador **

Manta Canton Manta Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Manabí Province. Its capital is the city of Manta. Its population at the 2001 census was 192,322. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: *Mestizo 76.4% *White 7.8% * ...

** Eloy Alfaro International Airport, formerly Forward Operating Base Manta **

Manta Fútbol Club Manta was founded in 1998 after the purchase of the franchise rights from the defunct Manta Sport. From 1999–2001, the club competed in the Segunda Categoría, the third tier of Ecuadorian football league system before being promoted in 200 ...

* Manta, Piedmont, a municipality in Cuneo, Italy * Manta, Cahul, a commune in Cahul district, Moldova * Mantaş, Tarsus, a village in Mersin Province, Turkey

Transportation

* Manta Cars, American manufacturer of the Manta Mirage and Manta Montage * Aeros del Sur Manta, an Argentine ultralight trike aircraft *

Opel Manta The Opel Manta is a rear-wheel-drive sports coupé built by German manufacturer Opel in two generations from 1970 to 1988. The Manta was a mildly sporting coupé based on the Ascona family car, akin to the Ford Falcon-based Mustang and its vario ...

, a German car * TR-3A Black Manta, an American surveillance aircraft * , two U.S. Navy ships/submarines *

Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA The Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA (Multi-Axis No-Tail Aircraft) was an American conceptual aircraft design by Lockheed Martin that has been studied by NASA and the U.S. Air Force. It was intended to test the feasibility of full yaw, pitch and rol ...

, an American concept aircraft * Manta Foxbat, an American ultralight aircraft by Manta Products Inc * Northrop N-381 Manta, an American naval strike aircraft concept

Other uses

Manta (dress) A manta is a rectangular textile that was worn as a blanket or as a wrap-around dress.Sublette, Mark''Navajo Textiles.'' Retrieved 20 March 2012. When worn as a dress, the manta is held together by a woven sash. Mantas are worn by such indigenous ...

, a traditional dress of indigenous peoples of the Americas * Manta (SeaWorld San Diego), a roller coaster *

Manta (SeaWorld Orlando) ''Manta'' is a steel flying roller coaster at SeaWorld Orlando. The attraction allows guests to encounter numerous species of ray before boarding a manta ray-shaped train that takes them on a roller coaster ride above the park, reaching top sp ...

, a roller coaster * M.A.N.T.A., a G.I. Joe toy *

Manta Force MANTA Force was a line of toys produced by British toy company Bluebird Toys, Bluebird in 1987. The toyline was initially divided into two main factions: the heroic MANTA Force and their opponents, the evil Viper Squad. Following the popularity ...

, a British toy *

Operation Manta Operation Manta was a French military intervention in Chad between 1983 and 1984, during the Chadian–Libyan conflict. The operation was prompted by the invasion of Chad by a joint force of Libyan units and Chadian Transitional Government of Na ...

, the French military intervention in Chad 1983–1984 *

Manti (food) Manti is a type of dumpling popular in most cuisines of the South Caucasus, Balkans, Central Asia, and Afghanistan. Manti is also popular among Chinese Muslims, and it is consumed throughout post-Soviet countries, where the dish spread from the ...

, or manta, a type of dumpling in central Asian and Turkic cuisines * Google Nexus 10, an Android tablet computer with the codename manta.