Hamada or hammada (or Japanese ) may refer to: Hamada (name), list of people with that name Hammada, a genus in the family Amaranthaceae Hamada, a type of barren desert area Taraka hamada, scientific name for a species of Indian butterfly Places Hamada, Shimane, a city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan Rikuzen-Hamada Station, a rail station in Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan Arts and entertainment Hamada (album), a 2009 jazz album by Nils Petter Molvær See also Hamadeh (disambiguation)