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Magadheera (మగధీర)

Magadheera (మగధీర) is a 2009 Telugu reincarnation romance directed by S. S. Rajamouli, starring Ram Charan and Kajal Aggarwal; it became the first Telugu film reported to cross ₹100 crore and won two National Film Awards.

Magahi language

Magahi (मगही), also called Magadhi, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 14 million people mainly in Bihar and Jharkhand, India; India classifies it as a dialect of Hindi.

Magaldrate anhydrous

Magaldrate anhydrous (CAS 74978-16-8), also called aluminum magnesium hydroxide sulfate hydrate, is a synthetic non-absorbable antacid, formula Al5Mg10(OH)31(SO4)2·xH2O, brand Riopan, discontinued in the US market.

Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve

The Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in South Africa, designated in 2015, covering 357,870 hectares between Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Rustenburg, where grassland and savannah biomes meet.

Magalir Mattum (மகளிர் மட்டும்) (2017 film)

Magalir Mattum (மகளிர் மட்டும், Ladies Only) is a 2017 Tamil comedy-drama directed by Bramma, starring Jyothika as documentary filmmaker Prabha, who reunites Urvashi, Bhanupriya, and Saranya Ponvannan after 38 years; produced by Suriya's 2D Entertainment, released 15 September 2017, distinct from the 1994 film of the same name.

Magallana (oyster genus)

Magallana is a genus of cupped oysters erected in 2016 to hold Indo-Pacific species long placed in Crassostrea, including the Pacific oyster, now Magallana gigas.

Magaluf

Magaluf (Magalluf) is a mass-tourism resort in Calvià, southwest Mallorca, Spain, known for its 892-metre urban beach, Punta Ballena nightlife, British package tourism, excess-tourism decrees, and ongoing Meliá-led and public redevelopment.

Magalys Carvajal

Magalys Carvajal (Magalys Esther Carvajal Rivera, born 1968, Havana) is a retired Cuban middle blocker who won Olympic volleyball gold at Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, plus the 1994 World Championship, and entered the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2011.

Magamuni (மகாமுனி)

Magamuni (மகாமுனி) is a 2019 Tamil crime drama thriller directed and written by Santhakumar, starring Arya in a dual role as long-separated brothers Maga and Muni, with Mahima Nambiar and Indhuja; released 6 September 2019 by Studio Green.

Magan

Magan (Akkadian Makkan) is a land named in 3rd-millennium BC cuneiform texts, generally identified with modern Oman and part of the UAE, famed as a copper source for Mesopotamia.

Maganti Gopinath (మగంటి గోపీనాథ్)

Maganti Gopinath (మగంటి గోపీనాథ్), Telangana politician, three-time BRS (formerly TDP) MLA for Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, 2014–2023; defeated Mohammad Azharuddin in 2023; died 8 June 2025 after a heart attack.

Magarac

Magarac ("jackass") is a Bosnian card-passing game, a variant of Pig for 3-13 players: collect four of a kind, slam your hand down and yell; the last to react spells letters of M-A-G-A-R-A-C and loses after 7 losses.

Magars

Magars (मगर), Nepal's largest indigenous janajati (2,013,498 in the 2021 census), a Tibeto-Burman hill people of the Rapti-Gandaki hills with Barha Magarati, Kham, and Kaike subgroups, Bheja-Rodhi governance, and Gurkha military tradition.

Magas

Magas (Sowerby, 1816) is an extinct Cretaceous brachiopod genus in order Terebratulida, suborder Terebratellidina, family Terebratellidae, ranging 112–66 Ma, with the species Magas chitoniformis (chitiniformis).

Magas (son of Ptolemy III)

Magas of Egypt was a prince of Ptolemaic Egypt, the youngest son of Ptolemy III and Berenice II, killed in the purge that opened Ptolemy IV's reign.

Magatama (勾玉)

Magatama (勾玉, Korean gogok 곡옥) are comma-shaped stone beads worn in Japan from Jōmon times and in Three Kingdoms Korea, made of Itoigawa jadeite and related to the imperial regalia's Yasakani no Magatama.

Magazine

A magazine is an illustrated periodical of miscellaneous articles issued weekly, monthly, or quarterly, distinct from newspapers (faster, news-focused) and scholarly journals (peer-reviewed). Types include popular, trade, and scholarly; the US print magazine market was $40.2 billion in 2025.

Magazine (band)

Magazine were an English post-punk band formed in Manchester in 1977 by Howard Devoto after he left Buzzcocks, known for art-rock elements and prominent keyboards, and reunited in 2009.

Magazine (film)

Magazine (2026) is Alexandra Pechman's feature directorial debut drama, premiering at TIFF Discovery on September 11, 2026; Lily McInerny plays Nora, a 2011 intern at the fictional New York literary magazine Platen, distinct from the Lane Stewart music video and the Marathi film of the same name.

Magazine (firearms)

A magazine, often called a banana clip, is the part of a firearm that holds cartridges under spring pressure and feeds them into the chamber; forms include box, drum, rotary, and tubular.

Magazine distribution and newsstand economics

Magazine distribution is the chain of firms moving copies from printer to newsstand or mailbox, where sale-or-return terms and cover-price splits decide who earns what.

Magazine Dreams

Magazine Dreams is Elijah Bynum's 2023 Sundance drama starring Jonathan Majors as bodybuilder Killian Maddox; delayed by Majors' 2023 assault conviction, released by Briarcliff in March 2025.

Magazine industry hall of fame recognitions

Magazine industry hall of fame recognitions are career-level honors rewarding a lifetime of editorial or publishing achievement, led by ASME's Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame, established in 1995.

Magazine of Concrete Research

Magazine of Concrete Research is a peer-reviewed civil engineering journal covering concrete materials, mix design, testing, durability, and structural analysis, established in London in 1949 and published by ICE Publishing.

Magazzini Generali

Magazzini Generali is a Milan concert venue and nightclub opened in 1995 in a converted early-1900s railway warehouse on Via Pietrasanta, with a capacity of 1,000 people.

Magda el-Sabahi

Magda el-Sabahi (ماجدة الصباحي), born Afaf Ali Kamel El-Sabahi, 1931-2020, Egyptian actress and producer of the golden age; starred as Djamila Bouhired in Jamila (1958), founded Magda Films, and retired after her 1994 film.

Magda Gabor

Magda Gabor (Gábor Magda, Magdolna Gábor), eldest of the Gabor sisters, Hungarian-born American actress and businesswoman; two 1937 Hungarian films, jewelry boutiques with mother Jolie, six marriages including George Sanders; died 1997.

Magda Goebbels

Magda Goebbels (1901-1945), née Behrend and divorced from industrialist Günther Quandt, was Joseph Goebbels's wife and the Third Reich's unofficial first lady; she received the German Mother's Cross and on 1 May 1945 killed her six children and died by suicide in the Führerbunker.

Magda Hunyadfi

Magda Hunyadfi (Magdolna Éva Hunyadfy, 1937–2003), Hungarian backstroke swimmer with Ferencvárosi TC; 1952 Olympic 100 m backstroke (=10th) and 1953 world and European 4×100 m medley relay record holder.

Magda Julin

Magda Julin (1894-1990), Swedish figure skater born Magda Mauroy in Vichy, won the 1920 Antwerp Olympic women's singles gold while four months pregnant, the only Olympic skating champion never ranked first by any judge.