Manu

Manu may refer to:

Religion

Proto Indo European Mythology

• Manu (Indo European Mythology) one of the mythical duo Manu and Yemo

Ancient Mesopotamia

• Manu the Great, a Chaldean god of fate

Hinduism

• Manu (Hinduism), Hindu progenitor of mankind
  • Vaivasvata Manu, the current Manu
• Manusmṛti or Manu's code, an important early Hindu text
• Manu Needhi Cholan, a legendary Chola Dynasty king

Geography

• Manu Province, a province of Peru, in the Madre de Dios Region
  • Manu National Park, Peru
  • Manu River, in southeastern Peru
• Manu River (Tripura), which originates in India and flows into Bangladesh
• Manu Temple, a summit in the Grand Canyon, United States
• Manu, Tripura, a village in Tripura, India
• Manu, a village in Topliţa Commune, Hunedoara County, Romania
• Manu, a village in Tâmna Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania
• Moku Manu, an island in the Hawaiian islands

People

• Manu (name)
• Manu Gavassi, Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress
• Manu (footballer, born 1966), João Manuel Rocha Monteiro Corrêa, Brazilian football forward
• Manu (footballer, born 1973), Manuel Francisco Cantero Jerez, Spanish football goalkeeper
• Manu (footballer born 1979), Antonio Manuel Sánchez Gómez, Spanish football midfielder
• Manú (footballer) (born 1982), Emanuel Jesus Bonfim Evaristo, Portuguese football winger
• Manu (footballer, born 1984), José Manuel Rodríguez Morgade, Swiss football left-back
• Manu Silva, Manuel Jorge Silva, Portuguese football defensive midfielder for S.L. Benfica

Sports teams

• Manu Samoa, the Samoa national rugby union team
• F.C. Manu Laeva, a Tuvaluan football club
  • Manu Laeva (women), Tuvaluan women's football club
• Manchester United F.C., an English football club

Other uses

• 29353 Manu, a main-belt asteroid
• Manu (bird), a genus of prehistoric albatross-like birds from New Zealand
• Manu (film), a 2018 Indian Telugu-language film
• Manu (River City), a character on a BBC Scotland soap opera
• Manu (TV series), a 1991 French animated television series
• Tangata manu, the winner of a traditional competition of Easter Island
• An alternate name for the Ornithological Society of Polynesia
• A character in the 2000 French adult film Baise-moi
• Canadian real estate slang for a modular home
• An Akan name given to a second born child
• A manu, a New Zealand diving technique similar to the Cannonball (diving)

See also

• Maanu (born 1978), Indian dancer and actress in Tamil films
• Maanu (actor) (died 1996), Indian actor in Kannada films
• Maanu Paul (1938–2022), New Zealand Māori leader
• Manus (disambiguation)
• Mannu (disambiguation)