Vata may refer to:
People
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Vata (noble)
Vata or Vatha () was a Hungarian noble, lord of the castle of Békés and chief of a tribe in Körösvidék (today Crișana). He is known for being the leader of the Vata pagan uprising.
Life
Alternative theories suggest that he was of Pechen ...
, 11th-century Hungarian chieftain
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Vata, Bishop of Várad
Vata (died 1189) was a Hungarian prelate in the second half of the 12th century, who served as Bishop of Várad (present-day Oradea, Romania) from 1186 to 1189.
Career
Vata or Wasca ( hu, Vászka) possibly originated from the ''gens'' (clan) M ...
, 12th-century Hungarian prelate
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Vata Matanu Garcia
Vata Matanu Garcia (born 19 March 1961), known simply as Vata, is a retired Angolan footballer who played as a striker.
He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, most notably at Benfica.
Club career
Born in Damba, Uíge Province, V ...
, former Angolan football striker
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Fatmir Vata
Fatmir Vata (born 20 September 1971) is an Albanian former professional footballer who played primarily as an attacking midfielder. He began his footballing career with local side 31 Korriku, before moving to Tirana in 1991 where he would remai ...
(born 1971), Albanian footballer
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Rudi Vata
Rudi Vata (born 13 February 1969) is an Albanian former professional footballer who played as a defender, and had also a short stint as a manager of Albanian team KF Vllaznia Shkodër.
Club career Early life
Vata was born in the northern city ...
(born 1969), Albanian footballer and manager
Places
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Vata, Central African Republic
Vata, Central African Republic is a village in the Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture in the northern Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Cha ...
*Vața, a village in
Vedea
The Vedea () is a river in southern Romania that flows from the Cotmeana Plateau and empties into the Danube. It has a total length of 224 km, of which 33 km is regulated. Its drainage basin area is 5,430 km2.
It flows in Argeș Co ...
Commune, Argeș County, Romania
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Vața de Jos
Vața de Jos ( hu, Alváca) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of thirteen villages: Basarabasa (''Baszarabásza''), Birtin (''Birtin''), Brotuna (''Brotuna''), Căzănești (''Kazanesd''), Ciungani (''Csungán ...
, a commune in Hunedoara County, Romania, and its village of Vața de Sus
In religion
*Vāta, another name for
Vāyu
Vayu (, sa, वायु, ), also known as Vata and Pavana, is the Hindu god of the winds as well as the divine massenger of the gods. In the ''Vedic scriptures'', Vayu is an important deity and is closely associated with Indra, the king of g ...
, Hindu deity, lord of the winds, father of Bhima
*A particular Zoroastrian divinity, one half of the pair
Vata-Vayu
Vāyu-Vāta or ''Vāta-Vāyu'' (IPA: ) is the Avestan language name of a dual-natured Zoroastrian divinity of the wind (Vayu) and of the atmosphere (Vata). The names are also used independently of one another, with 'Vayu' occurring more frequent ...
Other uses
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''Vata'' (beetle), a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae
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Vata pagan uprising
The Vata pagan uprising () was a Hungarian rebellion which, in 1046, brought about the overthrow of King Peter Urseolo, the martyrdom of Bishop Gerard of Csanád and the reinstatement of the Árpád dynasty on the Hungarian throne.
Backgroun ...
, a Hungarian rebellion in 1046
*A dialect of the
Dida language
Dida is a dialect cluster of the Kru family spoken in Ivory Coast.
ISO divides Dida into three groups, Yocoboué (Yokubwe) Dida (101,600 speakers in 1993), Lakota Dida (93,800 speakers in 1993), and Gaɓogbo (Guébié/Gebye) which are only marg ...
spoken in Ivory Coast
*One of the three elemental substances, or doshas, of the
Ayurveda
Ayurveda () is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. Ayurveda is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population repo ...
discipline of traditional medicine
See also
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Vatta (disambiguation)
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