Manus

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Manus may refer to:

• Manus (anatomy), the zoological term for the distal portion of the forelimb of an animal (including the human hand)
• Manus marriage, a type of marriage during Roman times

Relating to locations around New Guinea

• Manus Plate, a tiny tectonic plate northeast of New Guinea
• Manus Province, a province of Papua New Guinea encompassing several islands, including Manus Island
  • Manus District, the only district of Manus Province
• Manus Island, a Papua New Guinean island in the Admiralty Archipelago
  • Manus languages, languages spoken on Manus and islands close by
  • Manus Regional Processing Centre, an offshore Australian immigration detention facility on Manus Island
    • Manus, 2017 play by Nazanin Sahamizadeh
    • Manus, 2019 short documentary film about asylum seekers in the detention centre, made by Angus McDonald

People

First name

• Manuş Baba (born 1986), Turkish singer
• Manus Boonjumnong (born 1980), Thai Olympic medalist
• Manus Boyle (born c. 1965/6), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Manus Canning (died 2018), Irish politician and paramilitary
• Manus Kelly (1978–2019), Irish businessman and rally driver
• Manus Lunny (born 1962), Irish musician
• Manus MacCloskey (1874–1963), American military officer
• Manus McGuire, Irish fiddle player
• Manus O'Cahan, leader of the 17th-century Manus O'Cahan's Regiment
• Manus O'Donnell (died 1737), Irish nobleman and soldier
• Manus O'Donnell (died 1564), Irish nobleman
• Manus Patten (1902–1977), Irish police officer
• Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941 as Manus Pinkwater), American children's author

Surname

• Dirk Manus, fictional smuggler among human characters of The Transformers franchise
• Henry Manus (1851–1931), Dutch philatelist
• Max Manus (1914–1996), Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II
• Patrick Mac Manus (1944–2011), political activist
• Rosa Manus (1881–1942), Dutch pacifist and suffragist
• Tikken Manus (1914–2010), member of the Norwegian resistance during World War II
• Willard Manus (born 1930), American novelist

Fictional characters

• Manus, Father of the Abyss, in action role-playing game Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss

See also

• MacManus
• McManus
• Magnus (disambiguation)
• Manas (disambiguation)
• Manis (disambiguation)
• Manu (disambiguation)
• Manushya, human beings in Sanskrit

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