Melas may refer to:
* Plural of
mela
People
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Melas (mythology), 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, 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, 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) Melas ( grc, Μελάς) was a town of ancient Greece on the island of Naxos. It is cited, along with Elaeus (Naxos), Elaeus, in an ancient inscription dated to the 3rd century BCE.
Its site is tentatively located near modern Melanes.
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, a town in ancient Greece
* Melas, now
Manavgat River, in Turkey
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Melas Chasma, 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 ...
, one of the family of mitochondrial cytopathies
See also
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Mela (disambiguation)
Mela is used in the Indian subcontinent for all sizes of gatherings: religious, commercial, cultural or sport-related.
Mela may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*Mela (1948 film), ''Mela'' (1948 film), an Indian romantic tragedy
*Mela (1971 ...
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