Hama (disambiguation)

Hama is a city in central Syria, known as Hamath in antiquity.

Hama and various other transliterations may also refer to:

Sites in the Middle East and connected events

• Al-Hamah, a city in southern Syria in Rif Dimashq Governorate
• Al-Hamma, Tiberias a depopulated village held by Israel
  • Hamat Gader, presently at the site of Al-Hamma
• Hamat Tiberias
• El Hamma, Tunisia
• Hamma, Algeria
  • El Hamma District
• El Hamma, Khenchela, Algeria
• Hamat, a village in Lebanon

Strictly historical locations

• Hamath-zobah
• Tell Hammeh, in Jordan
• Amathus (Transjordan), on an uncertain location east of Jordan River
  • Tell Hammeh, in Jordan, a possible location of Amathus
• Emmaus, village mentioned in the New Testament also known as hamma or hammat
  • Emmaus Nicopolis, a possible identification of the biblical locale
• Tell el Hammeh, in the West Bank
• Amathus, Cyprus

People named Hama

• Chisaki Hama, a Japanese model, actress, and singer
• Larry Hama, a Japanese American writer, artist, actor and musician
• Raba Ben Joseph Ben Hama, a Babylonian rabbi or amora
• Hama, an electronic musician from Niamey

Characters from legends and works of fiction

• Háma, a warrior in Germanic heroic poetry and legends
• Háma (Middle-earth), a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's story The Lord of the Rings
• Hama, a character in The Puppetmaster episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender

Science

• HAMA the abbreviation for human anti-mouse antibodies

Technology and industry (companies and products)

• Hama GmbH & Co KG, a German computer peripherals and photographic accessories manufacturer
• A modded controller electronics for Xbox
• Apache Hama, a software project

Other uses

• Hama Yumi, a sacred bow used in 1103 CE in Japan
• the name of the Abbotsham village in the Domesday Book

See also

• Hamath (disambiguation)
  • Battle of Hamath, c. 605 BC, near Hama. Syria
  • Hama massacre, a massacre perpetrated by the Syrian Army in the city of Hama in 1982