The term Samaná or Samana may mean several things:

Places

Dominican Republic

Samaná Province Samaná () is a Provinces of the Dominican Republic, province of the Dominican Republic in the Samaná Peninsula located in the eastern region. Its Capital (political), capital is Samaná (town), Santa Bárbara de Samaná, usually known as Samaná ...

, a province in the Dominican Republic *

Samaná (town) Samaná (old spelling: Xamaná), in full Santa Bárbara de Samaná, is a town and municipality in northeastern Dominican Republic and is the capital of Samaná Province. It is located on the northern coast of Samaná Bay. The town is an importan ...

, or Santa Bárbara de Samaná, the capital of Samaná Province *

Samaná Peninsula The Samaná Península is a peninsula in Dominican Republic situated in the province of Samaná. The Samaná Peninsula is connected to the rest of the state by the isthmus of Samaná; to its south is Samaná Bay. The peninsula contains many beache ...

Samaná Bay Samaná Bay is a bay in the eastern Dominican Republic. The Yuna River flows into Samaná Bay, and it is located south of the town of Samaná and the Samaná Peninsula. Wildlife Among its features are protected islands that serve as nesting site ...

, a body of water in the Atlantic next to the Samaná Peninsula *

Samaná El Catey International Airport Samaná El Catey International Airport , also called Aeropuerto Internacional Presidente Juan Bosch (AISA), is an international airport that opened on 6 November 2006, serving the province of Samaná in the Dominican Republic. The airport is ...

Other

Samana Cay Samana Cay is a now uninhabited island in the Bahamas believed by some researchers to have been the location of Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the Americas on October 12, 1492. It is an islet in the eastern Bahamas, northeast of Ackli ...

, a uninhabited *

Samaná, Caldas Samaná is a town and municipality in the Colombian Departments of Colombia, Department of Caldas Department, Caldas. It is about 220 km north west of Bogota. Facilities include the Parque Simon Bolívar park and the Fundación Nacional Bat ...

, a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Caldas * Samaná Norte River, a river in Antioquia Department, Colombia *

Samana, India Samana ( pa, ਸਮਾਣਾ) is a town and a municipal council in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab. Before Independence, Samana was a part of Patiala Kingdom (PEPSU). Now it is a part of Patiala District of Punjab (India). Geog ...

, a town in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punja *

Samana Range The Samana Range is a mountain ridge in the Hangu District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, commanding the southern boundary of Tirah. The ridge lies between the Khanki Valley on the north and the Miranzai Valley on the south, and extends fo ...

, a mountain range in Pakistan near Peshawar * Samana, Guinea

People

*Samana, , or

śramaṇa ''Śramaṇa'' (Sanskrit; Pali: ''𑀲𑀫𑀦'') means "one who labours, toils, or exerts themselves (for some higher or religious purpose)" or "seeker, one who performs acts of austerity, ascetic".Monier Monier-Williams, श्रमण śr ...

, the name for certain wandering ascetics from the Indian subcontinent, one of whom was Gautama Buddha *Samana, the mother of Imam

Ali al-Hadi ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Hādī ( ar, عَلِيّ ٱبْن مُحَمَّد ٱلْهَادِي; 828 – 868 CE) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the tenth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Muhammad al-Jawad. He ...

Natthaphong Samana Natthaphong Samana ( th, ณัฐพงษ์ สมณะ, born 29 June 1984), is a Thai professional footballer who last played as a left back for Thai League 2 club Chiangmai United. Natthaphong has also played for Thai Premier League rivals ...

(born 1984), Thai footballer

Other

Samaná Americans The Samaná Americans ( es, Americanos de Samaná) are a minority cultural sub-group of African American descendants that inhabits the Samaná Province in the eastern region of Dominican Republic. History Most of the Samaná Americans are desce ...

, a community of descendants of 19th century U.S. freed people of color in the Dominican Republic *

Samaná English Samaná English (SE and SAX) is a variety of the English language spoken by descendants of black immigrants from the United States who have lived in the Samaná Peninsula, now in the Dominican Republic. Members of the enclave are known as the Sam ...

, spoken by the Samaná Americans * ''Samana'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Geometridae * Samana hutia, an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae {{disambiguation