Mata, Israel
Mata () is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Jerusalem corridor about eight kilometers southeast of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Etymology
"The name ''mata' ...
, a moshav in Israel, southwest of Jerusalem; also spelt Matta
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Matta, Punjab
Matta is a village and Union Council of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Kasur Tehsil
Kasur (), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.Matta, Russia, a village in Megyuryonsky Rural Okrug in the Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic
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Matta, Suriname
Matta (Lokono: Korhopa; also ''Matta Karupa'') is an indigenous village of Lokono Amerindians in the resort of Zuid in the Para District in Suriname. The village can be accessed from a road which branches off the Southern East-West Link.
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, an indigenous village in Suriname
* Matta (river), a river in the Sakha Republic, Russia
* Matta River (Virginia), United States
* Matta, Swat, a city in Swat, NWFP Pakistan, the main centre of TNSM
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Sport
* Svein Mathisen (1952–2011), Norwegian footballer with nickname Matta
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Cristiano da Matta
Cristiano Monteiro da Matta (born 19 September 1973) is a Brazilian former professional racing driver. He won the CART Championship in 2002, and drove in Formula One with the Toyota team from 2003 to 2004.
Biography
Origins and early career
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(born 1973), Brazilian auto racing driver
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Thad Matta
Thad Michael Matta (born July 11, 1967) is an American college basketball coach who is currently in his second stint as head coach of the Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team, having been head coach of the Bulldogs for the 2000–01 season. Fro ...
(born 1967), American college basketball coach
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Basheer Matta
Basheer Ahmad Khan Matta (; ) is a Pakistani politician and historian who is a senior member of the National Democratic Movement (NDM). He is a supporter of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), and was formerly a member of the Senate of Pakistan. ...
, Pakistani politician
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Matta (chief) Bhuttah, or bhutta, was the chief and later feudatory of Siwistan, in what is now Pakistan. He ruled from Sehwan Sharif, in the Sindh region, in the 7th century CE.
Life
Matta, a member of the Rai dynasty, was chief of Siwistan in what is toda ...
, a chief of Siwistan in the 7th century A.D.
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Matta El Meskeen
Matta El Meskeen (English: Matthew the Poor; 20 September 1919 – 8 June 2006), born Youssef Iskandar, was a Coptic Orthodox monk. He was the key figure in the revival of Coptic monasticism, a movement which began in 1969 when he was appointe ...
(1919–2006), Coptic Orthodox monk
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Gordon Matta-Clark
Gordon Matta-Clark (born Gordon Roberto Matta-Echaurren; June 22, 1943 – August 27, 1978) was an American artist best known for site-specific artworks he made in the 1970s. He was also a pioneer in the field of socially engaged food art.
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(1943–1978), American artist
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Liana Fiol Matta
Liana Fiol Matta (born October 20, 1946) is a Puerto Rican jurist, who served as the 16th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Fiol was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico and is the second woman in Puerto Rican history to serve in the ...
(born 1946), Puerto Rican jurist
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Roberto Matta
Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren (; November 11, 1911 – November 23, 2002), usually known simply as Matta, also as Sebastián Matta or Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known Painting, painters and a seminal figure in 20th ...
(1911–2002), one of Chile's best-known painters
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Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar
Lieutenant-General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar (1947 – January 6, 2006) was a Brazilian soldier. He was born in Bagé in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. He served for 39 years in the Brazilian Army and eventually rose to the rank of Li ...
(1947–2006), Brazilian soldier
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Matta (restaurant)
Matta is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
History
Matta began serving "Vietnamese soul food" from a food cart in 2018. During the COVID-19 pandemic, owner Richard Le offered free meals to food industry workers who became unemployed a ...
, a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
* ''Matta'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae
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Matta rice
Matta rice (also known as Palakkadan/Kerala/Rose Matta rice, Kaje Rice in Karnataka, or Kuththarisi) (, Tulu:കജെ അരി, Kannada: ಕಜೆ, ಕುಚಲಕ್ಕಿ, ) is an indigenous variety of rice grown in Udupi and Dakshina Ka ...
, a variety of rice grown in the Palakkad District of Kerala, India
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