Nama or NAMA may refer to:

Biology

NAMA (gene) ''NAMA'' (noncoding RNA associated with MAP kinase pathway and growth arrest) is a long non-coding RNA gene. It is Regulation of gene expression, induced by cell (biology), cell growth arrest, apoptosis, and inhibition of the MAP kinase pathway. S ...

, a long non-coding RNA gene * ''Nama'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Boraginaceae *

N-Acetylmuramic acid ''N''-Acetylmuramic acid (NAM or MurNAc) is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a monomer of peptidoglycan in most bacterial cell walls, which is built from alternating units of ''N''-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and ''N''-acet ...

, a component of bacterial cell walls *

North American Mycological Association The North American Mycological Association (NAMA), is a non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals who are interested in fungi, including mushrooms, morels, truffles, molds, and related organisms. NAMA aims "to promote, pursue, and advan ...

, a learned society devoted to mushrooms and other fungi

Companies

* Nama Chemicals, a Saudi Arabian industrial company * Nama (department store), a chain of department stores in Slovenia and a chain of department stores in Croatia

Food

* Nama bīru, Japanese term for draught beer *

Nama (wine) Nama () is a sweet red wine that is usually used in Greek Orthodox Churches in Holy Communion. It is similar to Mavrodaphne, with the difference that it is sweeter and it contains less alcohol. In Greece 'Narma' is a controlled appellation cor ...

, used by the Greek Orthodox in the Divine Liturgy

Geology

Nama Group The Nama Group is a megaregional Vendian to Cambrian group of stratigraphic sequences deposited in the Nama Basin, Nama foreland basin in central and southern Namibia. The Nama Basin is a peripheral foreland basin, and the Nama Group was deposited ...

, group of stratigraphic sequences in Namibia *

Nama assemblage The Nama assemblage was the last of the Ediacaran biotic Faunal assemblage, assemblages. Following the Avalon assemblage, Avalon and White Sea assemblages, it spanned from 550 megaannum, Ma to 539 Ma, coinciding with the Terminal Ediacaran bio ...

, final Ediacaran biotic assemblage

Politics

National Asset Management Agency The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA; ) is a body created by the Government of Ireland in late 2009 in response to the Irish financial crisis and the deflation of the Irish property bubble. NAMA functions as a '' bad bank'', acquiring ...

, Irish government agency dealing with land and property development loans *

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) refers to a set of policies and actions that countries undertake as part of a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The term recognizes that different countries may take different nationally a ...

, policies regarding greenhouse gas emissions * Non-Agricultural Market Access, the question of non-agricultural market access as debated in the WTO trade negotiations

Organizations

National Agri-Marketing Association The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) is a non-profit organization of more than 3,500 professional and student members, serving the food and fiber industry. NAMA provides access to solutions and opportunities in agribusiness Agribusines ...

, United States * National Movement of Amhara, a right-wing Amhara ethnic nationalist political party created in June 2018 *

National Archaeological Museum, Athens The National Archaeological Museum () in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity. It is considered one of the greatest museums in the world and ...

National Automatic Merchandising Association The National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) is the American national trade association of the convenience services industry, including vending, micro markets, office coffee service, and foodservice management. Headquartered in Arlingto ...

, an American trade association for vending industries *

Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting The National Academy of Mime and Acting (NAMA) (), was a school in Stockholm for acting and mime. This institution was also known under additional different names in English, including Stockholm University College of Acting and Stockholm Academy of ...

Places

* Nama, Burkina Faso, village in the Tenkodogo Department, Boulgou Province * Nama (Chile), an archaeological site featuring pucará (ruined Inca fortifications) *

Nama (crater) Nama or NAMA may refer to: Biology * NAMA (gene), a long non-coding RNA gene * ''Nama'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Boraginaceae * N-Acetylmuramic acid, a component of bacterial cell walls * North American Mycological Association, ...

, a crater on Callisto, a moon of Jupiter * Nama, India, a village at the foot of the

Nama Pass Nama Pass (el. ) is a Himalayan mountain pass located in eastern Kumaun region of the Pithoragarh District of Uttarakhand, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and d ...

Nama (island) Nama or Nema is an island and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. It is a 1.5 km long and 0.5 km wide island part of the Eastern Islands or Upper Mortlock Islands group, located about 60 km to the ...

, an island of the State of Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia * Nama, Nanning (那马镇), town in Liangqing District, Nanning, Guangxi, China *

Mingjian Mingjian Township is a rural township in western Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the second smallest township in the county, after Jiji Township. Name and etymology The name Mingjian originates from a Japanese transliteration of the original Ta ...

, the name of which was changed to Nama during Japanese rule

Peoples and languages

Nama people Nama (in older sources also called Namaqua) are an African ethnic group of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. They traditionally speak the Khoekhoe language, Nama language of the Khoe languages, Khoe-Kwadi language family, although many Nama ...

of Namibia and Namaqualand in South Africa *

Nama language Khoekhoe or Khoikhoi ( ; , ), also known by the ethnic terms Nama ( ; ''Namagowab''), Damara (''ǂNūkhoegowab''), or Nama/Damara and formerly as Hottentot, is the most widespread of the non- Bantu languages of Southern Africa that make heavy ...

, the language spoken by the Nama * Nama language (Papuan), one of the Nambu languages of Papua New Guinea * Nama, a variety of the Tigon language of Cameroon

Other uses

Nāma ''Nāma'' is Sanskrit for name. In this context its meaning is the creative power. Alternate meanings in the Granth Sahib include ''shabda'' (word), '' kirtan'' (melody). In Arabic it is kalam (''kalam'' meaning "pen") "a" indicates something th ...

, Pali and Sanskrit for "name" * Nama band, a Greek pop/jazz/new age music group *

Namibian Annual Music Awards The Namibian Annual Music Awards (NAMA) ceremony was the biggest awards ceremony in Namibia. It was established in 2011 by MTC Namibia and the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). They would award a NAMA trophy to musicians in recognition ...

Native American Music Awards The Native American Music Awards (also known as the NAMAs or "Nammys") are an awards program presented annually by Elbel Productions, Inc., The Native American Music Awards Inc., and The Native American Music Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profi ...

* National Arts Merit Awards, annual award presented by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe