Sima or SIMA may refer to:

People

* Sima (Chinese surname) * Sima (given name), a Persian feminine name in use in Iran and Turkey * Sima (surname)

Places

* Sima, Comoros, on the island of Anjouan, near Madagascar * Sima de los Huesos, a cavern in Spain, major site of ancient hominin fossils, known as ''Sima hominins'' * Sima, Hungary * Sima, Jinxiang County, town in

Jinxiang County Jinxiang County () is a county of southwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangsu province to the southeast. It is under the administration of Jining Jining () is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong p ...

, Shandong, China * Sima, Nepal, in the Jajarkot District of Nepal * Sima (river), a river Hordaland, Norway * Sima, Tibet, village in the north of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China * Sima, Spanish for

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or pit cave, found in several placenames ** Sima de las Cotorras, Chiapas, Mexico

Others

* Independent Union of Maritime and Related Workers (SIMA), in Angola * Sima (architecture), the upturned edge of a classical roof * SIMA, a shipbuilding and maritime services company in Peru *

Sima (geology) In geology, sima () is an antiquated blended term for the lower layer of Earth's crust (geology), crust. This layer is made of rocks rich in magnesium silicate minerals. Typically, when the sima comes to the surface, it is basalt, so sometimes t ...

, the lower part of Earth's crust * Sima Hydroelectric Power Station, Eidfjord, Vestland, Norway * Sima (mead), a mead from Finland * Sima (office), the Chinese title roughly equivalent to "field marshal" * ''Sima'' or '' bai sema'', the ritual boundary around a Buddhist ordination hall * Sima (Swahili food), a dumpling made from corn meal, banana, semolina or cassava flour, also called Ugali

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