The term Samaná or Samana may mean several things:

Places

Dominican Republic

Samaná Province Samaná () is a Provinces of the Dominican Republic, province of the Dominican Republic in the Samaná Peninsula located in the eastern region. Its Capital (political), capital is Samaná (town), Santa Bárbara de Samaná, usually known as Samaná ...

, a province in the Dominican Republic *

Samaná (town) Samaná (old spelling: Xamaná), in full Santa Bárbara de Samaná, is a town and municipality in northeastern Dominican Republic and the capital of Samaná Province. It is on the northern coast of Samaná Bay. The town is an important tourism ...

, or Santa Bárbara de Samaná, the capital of Samaná Province *

Samaná Peninsula The Samaná Península is a peninsula in Dominican Republic situated in the province of Samaná. The Samaná Peninsula is connected to the rest of the state by the isthmus of Samaná; to its south is Samaná Bay. The peninsula contains many beach ...

* Samaná Bay, a body of water in the Atlantic next to the Samaná Peninsula *

Samaná El Catey International Airport Samaná El Catey International Airport , also called Aeropuerto Internacional Presidente Juan Bosch (AISA), is an international airport that opened on 6 November 2006, serving the province of Samaná in the Dominican Republic. The airport is ...

Other

Samana Cay Samana Cay is a now uninhabited island in the Bahamas believed by some researchers to have been the location of Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the Americas on October 12, 1492. It is an islet in the eastern Bahamas, northeast of Ackli ...

, an uninhabited island * Samaná, Caldas, a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Caldas *

Samaná Norte River The Samaná Norte is a river in Antioquia Department, Colombia and a tributary of the Magdalena River The Magdalena River (, ; less commonly ) is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about through the western half of the country. It tak ...

, a river in Antioquia Department, Colombia * Samana, India, a town in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab ** Samana (Assembly constituency) * Samana Range, a mountain range in Pakistan near Peshawar * Samana, Guinea

People

*Samana, , or

śramaṇa A ''śramaṇa''; ; ; ; ) is a person "who labours, toils, or exerts themselves for some higher or religious purpose" or "seeker, or ascetic, one who performs acts of austerity".Monier Monier-Williams, श्रमण śramaṇa, Sanskrit-Eng ...

, the name for certain wandering ascetics from the Indian subcontinent, one of whom was Gautama Buddha *Samana, the mother of Imam

Ali al-Hadi Ali al-Hadi (; – ) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the tenth Imamate in Shia doctrine, Imam in Twelver Shi'ism, Twelver Shia, succeeding his father, Muhammad al-Jawad (). Born in Medina in 828, Ali is known with the ti ...

* Natthaphong Samana (born 1984), Thai footballer

Other

Samaná Americans The Samaná Americans () are a minority cultural sub-group of African American descendants who inhabit the Samaná Province in the eastern region of Dominican Republic. History Most of the Samaná Americans are descendants of African American ...

, a community of descendants of 19th century U.S. freed people of color in the Dominican Republic * Samaná English, spoken by the Samaná Americans * ''Samana'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Geometridae * Samana hutia, an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae * ''Samna'' (film), a 1974 Indian Marathi-language crime drama *

Śramaṇa A ''śramaṇa''; ; ; ; ) is a person "who labours, toils, or exerts themselves for some higher or religious purpose" or "seeker, or ascetic, one who performs acts of austerity".Monier Monier-Williams, श्रमण śramaṇa, Sanskrit-Eng ...

or samana, ascetic orders in ancient India including Jains and Buddhists ** Sramanera, a Buddhist novice ** Sramanachegas, 1st-century BC Indian philosopher and monk ** Samanar or samana, term for Jains in Tamil Nadu ***

Samanar Hills Samanar Hills, also known as Samanar Malai or Amanarmalai or Melmalai, is a rocky stretch of hills located near Vadivelkari village, west of Madurai city, Tamil Nadu, India. They stretch east–west over 3 kilometers towards Muthupatti village ...

, Tamil Nadu, India, holy to the Jains {{disambiguation