Amida

Amida can mean:

• Amida Buddha, or Amida Nyorai, Japanese for Amitābha buddha
• Amida (Mesopotamia), modern Diyarbakır, a city in Turkey
• Acacius of Amida, 5th century Bishop of Amida, Mesopotamia
• Aëtius of Amida (fl. mid-5th century to mid-6th century), Byzantine physician
• Amida (genus), a beetle genus
• Mount Amida, mountain in Saeki-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

See also:

• Amidah, the central prayer of Jewish worship
• Amidakuji, a way of drawing lots
• Amitabh Bachchan, an actor
• Amitabha, an important Buddha in East Asian Buddhism