mana
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/ˈma-/
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noun
- Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.
- Magical power.
noun
- A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
- A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent.
noun
- One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
noun
- Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
- (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
- The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http//www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html