Mansa
Mansa was the title held by rulers of the ancient Malian Empire. The name Mansa may also refer to:
- Places
- Mansa, Gujarat, a town in northern Gujarat, India
- Mansa State, a princely state in India
- Mansa district, Punjab, a district in Punjab, India
- Mansa, Punjab, the main town in the district
- Mansa District, Zambia, a district of Luapula province, Zambia
- Mansa, Zambia, capital of the Luapula province
- Mansa River, a river in Zambia
- Religious
- Manasa Devi, a Hindu goddess, an incarnation of the goddess Durga
- Mata Mansa Devi Mandir, a temple in Panchkula district, Haryana, India
- Mansa Devi Temple, Haridwar, a temple in the state of Uttarakhand, India
- People
- Mansa Devi, wife of Guru Amar Das, the third Sikh Guru
- Other uses
- MANSA, a quality-of-life assessment tool
- Mansa, a genus of the wasp
- A unit of area similar to a carucate (plough)
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