Vata may refer to:

People

  • Vata (noble), 11th-century Hungarian chieftain
  • Vata (bishop of Várad), 12th-century Hungarian prelate
  • Vata Matanu Garcia, former Angolan football striker
  • Fatmir Vata (born 1971), Albanian footballer
  • Rudi Vata (born 1969), Albanian footballer and manager

Places

  • Vata, Central African Republic
  • Vața, a village in Vedea Commune, Argeș County, Romania
  • Vața de Jos, a commune in Hunedoara County, Romania, and its village of Vața de Sus

In religion

  • Vāta, another name for Vāyu, Hindu deity, lord of the winds, father of Bhima
  • A particular Zoroastrian divinity, one half of the pair Vata-Vayu

Other uses

  • Vata (beetle), a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae
  • Vata pagan uprising, a Hungarian rebellion in 1046
  • A dialect of the Dida language spoken in Ivory Coast
  • One of the three elemental substances, or doshas, of the Ayurveda discipline of traditional medicine
  • Collective of Vatnik, a pejorative term for supporters of the Russian government

See also

  • Vatta (disambiguation)