What is Nama ?

Ireland's Nama (National Asset Management Agency) is not unique. It is also:

• An African ethnic group of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.
• Means "baby names" in the Java language.
• Old English and Sanskrit for "name".
• A military camp in Baghdad, Iraq, standing for "Nasty Ass Military Area".
• Nama demissum is a genus of plants in the family Hydrophyllaceae.
• An adjective meaning raw (food) or draught (beer) in Japanese.
• A national language in Namibia.
• A hero in Altaic folklore who built an ark to save his family from a flood.
• A verb meaning "to be flexible" in Swahili.
• A wine used in Greek Orthodox Churches in Holy Communion.
• A common greeting or salutation in the Indian subcontinent.
• A collective name for the four mental groups in Buddhism.
• A pronoun in Croatian.
• Nama shoyu is a raw, organic, and unpasteurized soy sauce.
• The meditation, vocal singing of hymns from the sacred scriptures of the Sikhs.
• Shah nama is an epic poem written by Firdawsi which recounts the early history of Persia.

And the world is full of Namas! Here is a (partial) list of other organisations that use Nama as an acronym:

1. Nashville American Marketing Association
2. National Academy of Modern Accountants
3. National Agri-Marketing Association
4. National Air-Monitoring Audit
5. National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery
6. National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
7. National Anger Management Association
8. National Association of Mapua Alumni
9. National Association of Master Appraisers
10. National Association of Mathematics Advisers
11. National Automatic Merchandising Association
12. National Automatic Merchants Association
13. National Ayurvedic Medical Association
14. National Mall, Washington
15. National Merit Awards - Zimbabwe
16. Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action - Bali Action Plan
17. Native American Music Awards
18. New Amsterdam Musical Association
19. Newsletter and Magazine for Alumni - Aga Khan University
20. Nigerian Airspace Management Agency
21. Nigerian Automotive Media Awards
22. Node Activation Multiple Access
23. Non-Agricultural Market Access - WTO
24. North American Mailing Associates
25. North American Manipur Association
26. North American Manx Association
27. North American Metabolic Academy
28. North American MICR Association
29. North American Millers' Association
30. North American Mobile Association
31. North American Modeling Association
32. North American Mushroom Association
33. North American Mycological Association
34. Northalsted Area Merchants Association
35. Northwest Airlines Meteorologist Association
36. Northwest Arkansas Music Awards
37. Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance