Manas

See also: manas, manás, mañas, mañás, and manās

English

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

• (dated) Manass

Proper noun

Manas

1. A county of Changji prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
   • 1995 [1991 April 25], “Man Executed for Family Planning-Related Murder”, in China Since Tiananmen‎^[1], Urumqi: Xinjiang Province Television Network, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 227:

     Murder convict Li Xinming's wife delivered a third baby intentionally, and the (Lanzhouwan) Township Government in Manas County subsequently made a decision on dealing with the latter.

   • 1998, Linda Benson, Ingvar Svanberg, China's Last Nomads‎^[2], M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 165:

     In the western part of the prefecture, cities like Changji and Manas grew quickly; smaller towns in the east of the prefecture like Qitai and Jimsar also saw increases in their populations, aided by improved roads linking these areas to the regional capital of Urumqi.

   • 2016, Petrolipalynology‎^[3], →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 66:

     The Qigu oil field is located to the southwest of Manas County in the west part of the South Junggar Depression.

   • 2020 January 20, Dominique Patton, “China reports new H5N6 bird flu case in Xinjiang region”, in Catherine Evans, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 21 January 2020, Health News:

     The ministry said 13 swans had died in the Manas county wetlands near Changji city that were inhabited by around 800 birds.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Manas.
2. A town in Manas County, Changji prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Manasi

Derived terms

• Manas River
• Manas River Basin

 

Translations

county and town in Xinjiang, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑪納斯／玛纳斯 (zh) (Mǎnàsī)

• Uyghur: ماناس (manas)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Manas”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1863, column 1: “The name sometimes appears as Ma-na-ssu, or Manasi.”

Etymology 2

From Hindi मानस (mānas).

Proper noun

Manas

1. A male given name from Hindi

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish Mañas.

Proper noun

Manas (plural Manases)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Manas is the 41303^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 527 individuals. Manas is most common among White (51.8%), Asian/Pacific Islander (25.81%) and Hispanic/Latino (17.84%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Manas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 502.

Anagrams

• Asman, Mansa, Sanma, mansa, saman