Mata, Israel
Mata ( he, מַטָּע, ''lit.'' Grove) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Jerusalem corridor near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Etymology
"The name ''mata ...
, a moshav in Israel, southwest of Jerusalem; also spelt Matta
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Matta, Punjab
Matta is a village and Union Council of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Kasur Tehsil
Kasur ( ur, ), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.Matta, Russia, a village in Megyuryonsky Rural Okrug in the Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic
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Matta, Suriname
Matta (Lokono: Korhopa; also ''Matta Karupa'') is an indigenous village of Lokono Amerindians in the resort of Zuid in the Para District in Suriname. The village can be accessed from a road which branches off the Southern East-West Link.
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, an indigenous village in Suriname
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Matta (river)
The Matta (russian: Матта; sah, Маатта) is a river in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Sinyaya. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Course
The river begins in the southern area of the Lena Plateau. It ...
, a river in the Sakha Republic, Russia
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Matta River (Virginia)
The Matta (russian: Матта; sah, Маатта) is a river in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Sinyaya (Lena), Sinyaya. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Course
The river begins in the southern area of the L ...
, United States
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Matta, Swat
Matta ( ps, مټه) is a town in Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.
It is located about from the central city of Mingora
Mingora ( ps, مینګورہ, ur, ) is a city in the Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. L ...
, a city in Swat, NWFP Pakistan, the main centre of TNSM
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Svein Mathisen
Svein Erling "Matta" Mathisen (30 September 1952 – 27 January 2011) was a footballer from Norway. With the exception of a short spell with Scottish club Hibernian in 1978, "Matta" played for IK Start throughout his career, where he won the N ...
(1952–2011), Norwegian footballer with nickname Matta
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Cristiano da Matta
Cristiano Monteiro da Matta (born 19 September 1973) is a Brazilian former professional racing driver. He won the CART Championship in 2002, and drove in Formula One with the Toyota team from 2003 to 2004.
Career biography
Origins and early car ...
(born 1973), Brazilian auto racing driver
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Thad Matta
Thad Michael Matta (born July 11, 1967) is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team. From 2004 to 2017, Matta led the Ohio State Buckeyes to five Big Ten Conference regular seas ...
(born 1967), American college basketball coach
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Basheer Matta
Basheer Ahmad Khan Matta ( ps, بشیر احمد خان مټه; ur, بشیر احمد خان مٹہ) is a Pashtun nationalist politician and historian who is a senior leader of the National Democratic Movement (NDM). He is a supporter of the P ...
, Pakistani politician
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Matta (chief) Mahattah, or Matta, was the chief and later feudatory of Siwistan, in what is now Pakistan. He ruled from Sehwan Sharif, in the Sindh region, in the 7th century CE.
Life
Matta, a member of the Rai dynasty, was chief of Siwistan in what is toda ...
, a chief of Siwistan in the 7th century A.D.
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Abouna Matta El Meskeen
Father Matta El Meskeen (English: Matthew the Poor; 20 September 1919 – 8 June 2006), born Youssef Iskandar, was a Coptic Orthodox monk. He was the key figure in the revival of Coptic monasticism which began in 1969 when he was appointed to ...
(1919–2006), Coptic Orthodox monk
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Gordon Matta-Clark
Gordon Matta-Clark (born Gordon Roberto Matta-Echaurren; June 22, 1943 – August 27, 1978) was an American artist best known for site-specific artworks he made in the 1970s. He was also a pioneer in the field of socially engaged food art.
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(1943–1978), American artist
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Liana Fiol Matta
Liana Fiol Matta (born October 20, 1946) is a Puerto Rican jurist, who served as the 16th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Fiol was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico and is the second woman in Puerto Rican history to serve in the ...
(born 1946), Puerto Rican jurist
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Roberto Matta
Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren (; November 11, 1911 – November 23, 2002), better known as Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art.
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(1911–2002), one of Chile's best-known painters
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Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar
Lieutenant-General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar (1947 – January 6, 2006) was a Brazilian soldier. He was born in Bagé in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. He served for 39 years in the Brazilian Army and eventually rose to the rank of L ...
(1947–2006), Brazilian soldier
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Matta (restaurant)
Matta is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
History
Matta began serving "Vietnamese soul food" from a food cart in 2018. During the COVID-19 pandemic, owner Richard Le offered free meals to food industry workers who became unemployed af ...
, a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
* ''Matta'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae
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Matta rice
RoseMatta rice (also known as Palakkadan/Kerala Matta rice, or Kaje Rice) ( ml, കേരള മട്ട, Tulu:കജെ അരി) is an indigenous variety of rice grown in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India. It is known for its coarsen ...
, a variety of rice grown in the Palakkad District of Kerala, India
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