Matua
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Matua may refer to:
- Matua-Mahasangha, a sect of Hinduism in Bengal.
- Matua (island), another name for the island of Matsuwa located in the Kurilian archipelago northeast of Japan between Hokkaidō and the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia
- Matua (also called Matao) was the name of the higher of two divisions of the ruling Chamori caste in ancient Chamoru society
- Hotu Matu'a, a legendary Polynesian king who led his people east to be the first settlers of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
- Matua, Cuba, a municipality in the province of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
- Matua (spider), a spider genus (Gnaphosidae)
- Fred Matua, an American football player
- John Matua (fighter), a Kapu Kuialua fighter
- Io Matua Kore, a Māori god
- Te Matua Ngahere, an ancient giant kauri tree in New Zealand
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