Mater is a formal Latin term for mother and may refer to:

Places

* Mater, Belgium, a village near Oudenaarde

Health care

Australia

Mater Hospital, North Sydney The Mater Hospital is a 233-bed private hospital located in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Originally founded in 1906 as a cottage hospital, and operated both as a public hospital and maternity hospital on an adjacent site in Wollstonec ...

, New South Wales *

Mater Group Mater Group was formed in 2016 by aligning Mater Health, Mater Education, Mater Research and Mater Foundation under a single, unified banner. Mater provides care for some 500,000 patients each year. Mater was established in 1906 by the Sisters o ...

, Brisbane, Queensland *

Mater Health Services North Queensland Mater Health Services North Queensland operates two private hospitals, one established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1945 named Mater Hospital Pimlico (Formally the Mater Misericordiae Hospital Townsville) and the second purchased in 2007 named the ...

, which incorporates: **

Mater Hospital Pimlico The Mater Private Hospital, Pimlico, formerly known as the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, and commonly known as 'The Mater', is the largest private hospital in Townsville The City of Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queenslan ...

, Townsville, Queensland **

Mater Women's and Children's Hospital Mater Women's and Children's Hospital in Hyde Park, Townsville, Queensland was established in 2007 when the Sisters of Mercy (Mater Health Services North Queensland) bought the competing private obstetric hospital, the Wesley/Park Haven Hospita ...

UK and Ireland

Mater Infirmorum Hospital The Mater Infirmorum Hospital, commonly known as The Mater, is an acute hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It provides services to most of North Belfast and South Antrim, reaching as far as Glengormley, Carrickfergus and Newtownabbey It is m ...

, Belfast, Northern Ireland *

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, commonly known as the Mater, is a teaching hospital, on Eccles Street in Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland. It is managed by Ireland East Hospital Group. The Mater serves as one of two major trauma cente ...

, Dublin, Ireland (the best-known hospital in Ireland that is referred to as the Mater) *

Mater Private Hospital The Mater Private Hospital () is a private hospital business. Its main hospital is located just to the east of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. In addition to the main hospital in Dublin, the business has a hospital ...

, Dublin, Ireland

New Zealand

* Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Auckland, now

Allevia Hospital Epsom Allevia Hospital Epsom is a private hospital in Mountain Road, Auckland, New Zealand. The hospital was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1900 and called the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. The Mater treated patients regardless of religious affilia ...

Music

* ''Mater'', an album by

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* "Mater", a song by The Beat Fleet from '' Pistaccio Metallic'', 2011

Other uses

* Mater (''Cars''), a character in the Disney/Pixar animated film ''Cars'' * Mater, a major part of an

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M.A.T.E.R. M.A.T.E.R. (''Motori Alimentatori Trasformatori Elettrici Roma'', often referred to as M.A.T.E.R. Roma) was an Football in Italy, Italian association football club located in Rome. It was dissolved in 1945 for lack of funds.Juris Māters Juris Māters (''or Māteru Juris''; 11 March 1845 – 4 February 1885) was a Latvian writer and journalist. References 1845 births 1885 deaths People from Kuldīga Municipality People from Aizpute county Latvian writers 19th-centu ...

(1845–1885), Latvian writer and journalist * Rudy Mater (born 1980), French footballer