# Mama

Mama(s) or Mamma or Momma may refer to:

## Roles

* Mother, a female parent
* Mama-san, in Japan and East Asia, a woman in a position of authority
* Maternal uncle, in some parts of South Asia

## Places

* Mama, Russia, an urban-type settlement in the Mamsko-Chuysky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
** Mama Airport, an airport located near the settlement
** Mama (river), a tributary of the Vitim of which the settlement takes its name
* Mama Municipality, Yucatán, a municipality
* Mama, Yucatán, the municipal seat of the Mama Municipality, Yucatán

## Anatomy

* The breast, the upper ventral region of a mammal's torso; see:
** Mamma (anatomy) of humans
** Mammary gland of female mammals
** Udder of female quadruped mammals

## Art, entertainment, and media
### People and fictional characters

* Big Bad Mama, stage name of Lynn Braxton, professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
* Big Mama, former manager of American professional wrestler Jimmy Valiant (born 1942)
* Gemma Teller Morrow, a character on The Sons of Anarchy television show, called "Mama" by her lover Nero Padilla
* Mama Fratelli, a character in the 1985 American adventure comedy The Goonies
* Mama Maybelle Harper, a character in the American TV sitcom Gimme a Break!
* Mamas K. Chandran (born 1981), Indian film director, known professionally as Mamas
* Mama Threadgoode, a character in the 1991 American comedy-drama movie Fried Green Tomatoes
* Momma Lift, a character in the 1987 American crime comedy movie Throw Momma from the Train
* Shylo Malsawmtluanga, an Indian footballer nicknamed Mama
* Thelma Harper or "Mama", a fictional character on The Carol Burnett Show and the sitcom Mama's Family
* Mama Thakur, fictional villain in the 1994 Indian film Dilwale, played by Paresh Rawal
* Mama, from Tattletail

### Film and television

* Ma-ma (1976 film), a Soviet–French–Romanian musical film directed by Elisabeta Bostan
* Mamma (1982 film), a Swedish film directed by Suzanne Osten
* Mama (1990 film), a Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuan
* "Mama", a 1985 episode of the TV sitcom Gimme a Break!
* Mamá (2008 film), an Argentine short film directed by Andres Muschietti
* Mama (2013 film), a Spanish-Canadian-Mexican supernatural horror directed by Andres Muschietti
* Ma Ma (2015 film), a Spanish film directed by Julio Medem
* Mama (2024 film), also known as Inay, a Canadian documentary film directed by Thea Loo
* Mama (American TV series), a 1949–1957 American comedy–drama series
* Mama (South Korean TV series), a 2014 South Korean television series
* "Mama", a season 3 final episode of Servant (TV series)

### Literature

* Mamma (1908), a novel by Rhoda Broughton
* "Mama", a short story by Dorothy Allison in the collection Trash: Short Stories (1988)
* Mama: Love, Motherhood and Revolution, a 2015 anthology by Antonella Gambotto-Burke
* Momma, a syndicated comic strip

### Music
#### Bands

* Momma (band), an American indie rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 2018

#### Albums

* Mama (Brenda Fassie album) or the title song, 1994
* Mama (Nomeansno album), 1982
* Mama (Vitas album), or the title song, 2003
* Mama (EP) or the title song (see below), by EXO-K and EXO-M, 2012
* Mama, an EP by Adrian Eagle, 2019

#### Songs

* "Mama" (6ix9ine song), 2018
* "Mama" (B. J. Thomas song), 1966
* "Mama" (Clean Bandit song), 2019
* "Mama" (Exo song), 2012
* "Mama" (Genesis song), 1983
* "Mama" (Jonas Blue song), 2017
* "Mama" (My Chemical Romance song), 2006
* "Mama" (Spice Girls song), 1997
* "Mama" (Vladimir Arzumanyan song), Armenia entry in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
* "Mama (Ana Ahabak)", by Christina Stürmer, 2003
* "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)", by Plan B, 2006
* "Mamas" (song), by Anne Wilson and Hillary Scott, 2022
* "Mamma" (song), a 1940 Italian song composed by Cesare Andrea Bixio and Bixio Cherubini; covered in English by David Whitfield (1955), Connie Francis (1960), and others
* "Mama", by Alabama Shakes from Boys & Girls, 2012
* "Mama", by Ant Wan, 2019
* "Mama", by Beth Hart from Screamin' for My Supper, 1999
* "Mama", by Brymo from Oṣó, 2018
* "Mama", by BTS from Wings, 2016
* "Mama", by Chris Brown from Exclusive, 2007
* "Mama", by Doda from Aquaria (physical reissue edition), 2022
* "Mama", by Electric Light Orchestra from ELO 2, 1973
* "Mama", by Ella Eyre and Banx & Ranx, 2019
* "Mama", by Godsmack from IV, 2006
* "Mama", by Helen Reddy from Music, Music, 1976
* "Mama", by Il Divo from Il Divo, 2004
* "Mama", by The Kelly Family, 1999
* "Mama", by Kim Appleby from Kim Appleby, 1990
* "Mama", by The Lonely Island from Turtleneck & Chain, 2011
* "Mama", by Lyfe Jennings from I Still Believe, 2010
* "MAMA", by MadClip (1987-2021) Greek-American rapper
* "Mama", by Oingo Boingo from Boi-ngo, 1986
* "Mama", by The Sugarcubes from Life's Too Good, 1988
* "Mama", by The-Dream from Love Hate, 2007
* "Mamá", by Timbiriche from La Banda Timbiriche, 1982
* "Mama", by Toto from Hydra, 1979
* "Mama", by Trina from The One, 2019
* "Mama", by Umberto Tozzi, a B-side of "Gloria", 1979
* "Mama", by Yemi Alade from Mama Africa, 2016
* "M.A.M.A", by Nana Mizuki from Alive & Kicking, 2004

#### Other music

* MAMA Records, an American record label
* Mnet Asian Music Awards, an annual South Korean music awards show
* MTV Africa Music Awards, a continental music awards show

### Other entertainment

* Mama (magazine), a Swedish magazine
* Mama (1966), a stage musical by Mbongeni Ngema

## Brands and enterprises

* MAMA & Company, a UK live-venue and event management company
* MAMA Gallery, an art gallery in Los Angeles, California
* MAMMA (association), Modernist Architects of Morocco Memorial Association
* Murray Art Museum Albury, New South Wales, Australia
* Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI (MAMAS)
* Mama, a brand of instant noodles by Thai President Foods

## Computing and technology

* Mama (software), an object-oriented programming language
* Mamma.com, a metasearch engine operated by Copernic

## Religion and mythology

* Mammes of Caesarea or Mammas (259–275), semi-legendary child-martyr of the 3rd century
* Mami (goddess) or Mama, a goddess in the Babylonian epic Atra-Hasis
* Ninhursag or Mamma, a Sumerian earth goddess

## Other uses

* Areca nut or momma, a stimulant drug in Asia and Oceania
* Mamma cloud, or mammatus cloud, a type of cloud
* Mama language, a Bantu language of Nigeria
* Mama and papa, in linguistics, the sequences of sounds corresponding to the words for "mother" and "father"
* Mama or sugar mama, an older partner in a transactional relationship
* Mama (wasp), a genus of wasps in the tribe Euphorini