cotton cloth woven by indigenous women. The Spaniards forced the native women to weave manta and buy it back from the colonist at inflated cost.

A square of cloth, used as a cloak or blanket; still worn by the Maya today.

A square of cloth, used as a blanket or cloak. It is still worn by the Maya today.

a state based facility sponsored by the North Carolina National Guard Counterdrug Task

Manta is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km north of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,392 and an area of 11.8 km2.All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

The Manta was a submersible bathyscaphe designed by Professor Martin Stein. Marine biologist, David Drake, piloted the Manta on an exploratory mission shortly before transforming into the villain known as Typhoon.

The manta ray. See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil.

extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned

Cat-like creatures of exceptional agility, with a loose sense of morals. They are tall and furry, with long tails and retractable claws. They stand and walk on two legs, but will drop to all fours if they need to move quickly.

ManTa is an equational specification language and tools to support it: theorem prover, code generators , frontends.

a large flat sharky thing that lives in water, and moves by a sort of flapping gliding trick

Manta is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.

Manta is a native Java compiler. It compiles Java source code to x86 executables, and contains a highly-efficient RMI implementation

The "cap" of grape skins and seeds which rises to the top of fermenting grape juice.