Vater () means "

father A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. An adoptive fathe ...

" in German. It is also a surname. It may refer to: * Abraham Vater, a German anatomist ** Ampulla of Vater, an anatomic area named after Abraham Vater *

VACTERL association The VACTERL association (also VATER association, and less accurately VACTERL syndrome) refers to a recognized group of birth defects which tend to co-occur (see below). This pattern is a recognized association, as opposed to a syndrome, because th ...

, sometimes called VATER syndrome, a group of congenital anomalies *

Christian Vater (organ builder) Christian Vater (11 October 1679 – 25 January 1756) was a German organ and harpsichord builder. He was born in Hanover; his father Martin Vater was an organ builder and gave him his first instruction in the craft. He went on to work for Arp Sc ...

, a German organ and harpsichord builder * Antoine Vater, a harpsichord builder in France. *

Vater Percussion Vater Percussion is an American manufacturing company based in Holbrook, Massachusetts. The company has always focused on percussion instruments, producing drum sticks, brushes and mallets. It was founded by Jack Adams, and is now run by his ...

, an American drumstick and percussion accessory manufacturer * Vater (album), a Janus album

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Vatër The vatër ( sq-definite, vatra) is the domestic hearth in Albanian folklore. The fire of the domestic hearth, zjarri i vatrës, is considered the sustainer of the continuity between the world of the living and that of the dead, and ensures the c ...

, the domestic hearth in Albanian folklore

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