Manama

Definition: Manama

Manama

Noun

1. The capital of Bahrain; located at the northern end of Bahrain Island.

Domain	Definitions
Geography	Capital of Bahrain. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Manama (Arabic: Al-Manamah, 150,000 inhabitants) is the capital city of Bahrain and is situated on the Persian Gulf, in the northern region of Bahrain Island. It is Bahrain's largest city, with approximately one-third of Bahrain's entire population living here.

Manama was mentioned in Islamic chronicles at least as far back as 1345. It was taken by the Portuguese in 1521 and then by the Persians in 1602. It has been held, with brief interruptions, by the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty since 1783. Manama was declared a free port in 1958, and in 1971 became the capital of independent Bahrain.

The economical base for Manama is identical to Bahrain as a whole - petroleum, oil refining, dhow building, fishing and pearl diving. Manama has an international airport on the island of Al Muharraq, to which it is connected with a causeway. Manama also is home to the University of Bahrain, which was founded in 1986.

Synonym: Manama

Synonym: capital of Bahrain (n). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Uyira Manama (1968)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Bahrain	During the year, Al-Jamri also met with the Amir to discuss domestic and international issues, and delivered sermons at various mosques in Manama, which were published in local newspapers. (references)
Economic History	Bahrain	Manama also is the home port for four U.S. Navy minesweepers. (references)
	Bahrain	Most of the population of Bahrain is concentrated in the two principal cities, Manama and Al Muharraq. (references)
Political Economy	BAHRAIN	In an October 2001 meeting in Manama, the date for a customs union was moved up from 2005 to 2003. In addition to duty-free treatment to imports from other GCC states, Bahrain has adopted GCC food product labeling and automobile standards. (references)
Travel	Bahrain	Cabs are easy to find in downtown Manama. (references)
	Bahrain	Traffic is congested in some areas of Manama and the Seef Mall. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Manama" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Manama" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	8	124,375

1. Manama, Bahrain
Location: 26.12 North, 50.38 East
Population (2000 estimate): 189240
Time Zone: 3 GMT
Country: Bahrain

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Manama

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
al bahrain manama	615
manama	56
manama bahrain	17
manama hotel	16
city of manama	3
manama map	2
vacation manama	2
apartment manama	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Manama

Language		Translations for "Manama"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Manama. (various references)

Dutch		Manamah. (various references)

Finnish		Manama. (various references)

French		Manama. (various references)

German		Manama. (various references)

Greek		Μανάμα. (various references)

Italian		Manama. (various references)

Pig Latin		anamamay

Portuguese		Manama. (various references)

Spanish		Manama. (various references)

Swedish		Manama. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Manama

Misspellings
	"Manama" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aname, Janmaat, Maamar, Madaba, Madamba, Magana, Magnaga, Magnani, Mahabad, Mahamar, Mahammama, Makaha, Makame, Mamame, Manaia, Manam, Manana, Mananny, Manasa, Manbaa, Mandaza, Maniema, Mankaba, Manman, Mannunda, Manova, Mansaka, Manyana, Maramau, Masnaa, Mayaka, Mbandaka, Mcanenay, Menjamim, Mhangami, minami, Minaya, Minema, Mingana, Mnemba, Monami, Monyma, Mouamba, Namara, Ngayama, Omarama, Santampa, Yatama. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Manama

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-m-m-n"
	-2 letters: mama, mana.
	-3 letters: ama, ana, man, nam.
	-4 letters: aa, am, an, ma, mm, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-m-m-n"
	+2 letters: analemma.
	+3 letters: analemmas, cameraman, mammalian.
	+4 letters: ammoniacal, anagrammed, analemmata, grammarian, mammalians, melanomata.
	+5 letters: anagramming, analemmatic, camerawoman, grammarians, megalomania.
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