Vater () means "

father A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. A biological fat ...

" in German. It is also a surname. It may refer to: *

Abraham Vater Abraham Vater (9 December 1684 – 18 November 1751) was a German anatomist from Wittenberg. He received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Wittenberg in 1706, and his medical degree from the University of Leipzig in 1710. Afterw ...

, a German anatomist **

Ampulla of Vater The ampulla of Vater, hepatopancreatic ampulla or hepatopancreatic duct is the common duct that is usually formed by a union of the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct within the wall of the duodenum. This common duct usually features a di ...

, an anatomic area named after Abraham Vater *

VACTERL association The VACTERL association (also VATER association, and less accurately VACTERL syndrome) refers to a recognized group of birth defects which tend to co-occur (see below). This pattern is a recognized association, as opposed to a syndrome, because th ...

, sometimes called VATER syndrome, a group of congenital anomalies *

Christian Vater (organ builder) Christian Vater (11 October 1679 – 25 January 1756) was a German organ and harpsichord builder. He was born in Hanover; his father Martin Vater was an organ builder and gave him his first instruction in the craft. He went on to work for Arp Sc ...

, a German organ and harpsichord builder *

Antoine Vater Antoine Vater (Hanover 1689 - Paris 1759) (also Anton Vater) was a notable harpsichord maker in Paris of German origin. Biography Vater was born to family of harpsichord and organ builders. While his older brother Christian Vater took over the fa ...

, a harpsichord builder in France. *

Vater Percussion Vater Percussion is an American manufacturing company based in Holbrook, Massachusetts. The company has always focused on percussion instruments, producing drum sticks, brushes and mallets. It was founded by Jack Adams, and later run by his two ...

, an American drumstick and percussion accessory manufacturer * ''Vater'' (album), a Janus album

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Vatër The (or ; sq-definite, vatra or ) is the domestic hearth in Albanian culture. The fire of the domestic hearth (') holds divine attributes in Albanian beliefs, being considered the sustainer of the continuity between the world of the living an ...

, the domestic hearth in Albanian folklore

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