Melas may refer to:
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mela
People
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Melas (mythology) In Greek mythology, the name Melas ( Ancient Greek: Μέλανα means "black, dark") refers to a number of characters.
*Melas, son of Poseidon from Tirgu-Jiu and an unnamed nymph of Chios, brother of Agelus.Pausanias, 7.4.8 He may or may not be ...
, a number of different characters in Greek mythology
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Pavlos Melas (1870–1904), a Hellenic Army officer and a symbol of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia
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Chloe Melas, an American journalist
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Leon Melas (1812–1879), a Greek politician
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Michael von Melas
Michael Friedrich Benedikt Baron von Melas (12 May 1729 – 31 May 1806) was a Transylvanian-born field marshal for the Austrian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
He was born in Radeln, Transylvania (nowadays Roadeș, part of Bunești commune ...
, a field marshal for the Austrian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars
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Mihail Melas (1833–1897), a Greek politician and merchant
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Vasileios Melas (1879–1956), an officer of the Hellenic army, brother of Pavlos Melas
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Zafeiris Melas (born 1957), a Greek pop-folk singer
Places
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Melas, Kastoria
Melas ( el, Μελάς) is a mountainous village in the regional unit of Kastoria, Western Macedonia, Greece. It belongs to the municipality of Kastoria and specifically to the municipal unit of Korestia. The previous name of the village was Stat ...
, a village in Western Macedonia, Greece, formerly Statitsa, renamed for Pavlos Melas
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Pavlos Melas (municipality), in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
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Melas (Naxos), a town in ancient Greece
* Melas, now
Manavgat River
Manavgat River originates on the eastern slopes of Western Taurus Mountains in Turkey. In ancient times it was called Melas ( grc, Μέλας).
At an elevation of 1,350 m, the outflow of several small springs joins together to become the headwater ...
, in Turkey
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Melas Chasma
Melas Chasma is a canyon on Mars, the widest segment of the Valles Marineris canyon system, located east of Ius Chasma at 9.8°S, 283.6°E in Coprates quadrangle. It cuts through layered deposits that are thought to be sediments from an old la ...
, a canyon on Mars
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Gulf of Melas, the previous name of Gulf of Saros, in Turkey
Other uses
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MELAS syndrome
Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is one of the family of mitochondrial diseases, which also include MIDD (maternally inherited diabetes and deafness, MERRF syndrome, and Leber's hereditary optic n ...
, one of the family of mitochondrial cytopathies
See also
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Mela (disambiguation)
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