Wikipedia
Mangana was one of the quarters of Byzantine-era Constantinople. Located on the easternmost edge of the Sirkeci peninsula in which the city is located, it housed an imperial palace, arsenal and several churches and charitable establishments throughout the middle and late Byzantine periods.
Mangana can refer to:
In Europe
- Mangana (Constantinople), a quarter of Byzantine-era Constantinople where a palace and two monasteries were located
- Mangana, Xanthi, a settlement in Xanthi regional unit, Greece
- Mangana Tower, a tower of unknown origin in Cuenca, Spain
In Tasmania
- Mangana, a village, mountain and gold mine in Tasmania, Australia
- Mangana, a chief of the Bruny Island people
- Mangana, a ship of the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company
- Mangana, a Bruny Island ferry
Usage examples of "mangana".
Helena followed her gaze across the garden to the sea-gallery of the Mangana Palace.
She had heard by rumor that the emperor had given the Mangana Palace to his mistress.
Longarm saw that he was throwing an underhanded catch loop called the mangana that had been adopted from the Mexican vaqueros and was so difficult to throw correctly that it marked an expert roper.
Though he wore local clothing and had agreed not to carry his axe in the monastery, the guardsman saluted with as much precision as if he had just emerged from the military garrison in the old Mangana fortress.