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mana

[ mah-nah ]

noun

  1. Anthropology. a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or people.
  2. Games. a finite supply of magic or magic points that is depleted with every spell cast by a magic-wielding player character in a video game, role-playing game, collectible card game, trading card game, etc., and that is slowly replenished with rest or quickly restored by certain items, like potions:

    This tank needs to slow his roll—the healer is out of mana.



mana

/ ˈmɑːnə /

noun

  1. (in Polynesia, Melanesia, etc) a concept of a life force, believed to be seated in the head, and associated with high social status and ritual power
  2. any power achieved by ritual means; prestige; authority


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mana1

First recorded in 1835–45; from a Polynesian language, e.g., Maori, Hawaian mana “power, psychic power, authority, control”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mana1

from Polynesian

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