Ada may refer to:

Places

Africa

* Ada Foah, a town in Ghana * Ada (Ghana parliament constituency) * Ada, Osun, a town in Nigeria

Asia

* Ada, Urmia, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran *

Ada, Karaman Ada (or Adaköy) is a village in the central district Karaman of Karaman Province, Turkey. It is situated in the mountainous area to the south east of Karaman. It is called ''Ada'' (meaning "island") because it is almost surrounded by creeks. Its ...

, a village in Karaman Province, Turkey

Europe

* Ada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a village *

Ada, Croatia Ada ( sr-Cyrl, Ада) is a village in Šodolovci, Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. The settlement was originally a pustara, a Pannonian type of hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a t ...

, a village * Ada, Serbia, a town and municipality * Ada Ciganlija or Ada, a river island artificially turned into a peninsula in Belgrade, Serbia

United States

Ada, Alabama Ada is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. Ada is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 331 and Alabama State Route 94, south of Montgomery. History A post office operated under the name Ada from 1881 ...

, an unincorporated community * Ada County, Idaho * Ada, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Ada Township, Michigan * Ada, Minnesota, a city *

Ada Township, Dickey County, North Dakota Ada is a township in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States. Its population during the 2000 Census was 60, and was estimated at 52 in 2009. Its population in 1900 was 232. History Ada Township was first settled in the early 1880s. Originally ...

* Ada, Ohio, a village * Ada, Oklahoma, a city * Ada, Oregon, an unincorporated community *

Ada Township, Perkins County, South Dakota Ada ( ZIP code 57644) is a rural township in Perkins County, South Dakota Perkins County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,835. Its county seat is Bison. The county was established in 19 ...

* Ada, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Ada, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Other

* Ada River (disambiguation), various rivers *

523 Ada Ada ( minor planet designation: 523 Ada) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered January 29, 1904, by American astronomer Raymond S. Dugan at Heidelberg, Germany and was named after his friend Ada Helme. CCD images collected during ...

, an asteroid

Film and television

* Ada TV, a television channel in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus * ''Ada'' (1961 film), a 1961 film by Daniel Mann * ''Ada'' (2019 film), a short biopic about Ada Lovelace * '' Ada... A Way of Life'', a 2008 Bollywood musical by Tanvir Ahmed * Ada (dog actor), a dog that played Colin on the sitcom ''Spaced'' * Ada, one of the main characters in 1991 movie ''Armour of God II: Operation Condor''

Biology

* ''Ada'' (plant), a genus of orchids * Adenosine deaminase, an enzyme involved in purine metabolism * Ada (protein), an enzyme induced by treatment of bacterial cells

Computer science

Ada (programming language) Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, and object-oriented high-level programming language, extended from Pascal and other languages. It has built-in language support for '' design by contract'' (DbC), extremely strong typing, exp ...

, programming language based on Pascal *

Ada (computer virus) Ada is a computer virus that can affect any of the DOS operating systems. Ada was first discovered in 1991. History Ada virus was first discovered in Argentina in . Characteristics Ada is a memory resident virus that infects files. The Ada vi ...

Air travel

* Ada Air, a regional airline based in Tirana, Albania * Francisco C. Ada Airport, Saipan Island, Northern Mariana Islands

Schools

Ada, the National College for Digital Skills Ada, the National College for Digital Skills. (Ada College) is a small college for further education in London, England, with campuses in Tottenham Hale and Whitechapel. It is named after Ada Lovelace and opened in September 2016. Its curriculum i ...

, a further education college in Tottenham Hale, London *

Ada High School (Ohio) Ada High School is a public high school located in Ada, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Ada Exempted Village School District. The District spends $7,419 per pupil in current expenditures. The district spends 63% on instruction, 32% on su ...

* Ada Independent School District, Oklahoma

People

Ada (name) Ada is a feminine given name. One origin is the German language, Germanic element "adel-" meaning "nobility", for example as part of the names ''Adelaide (given name), Adelaide'' and ''Adeline (given name), Adeline''.Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satra ...

, a feminine given name and a surname, including a list of people and fictional characters *

Ada Lovelace Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (''née'' Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the A ...

(1815–1852), computer scientist sometimes regarded as the first computer programmer * Ada of Caria (fl. 377 – 326 BCE), satrap of ancient Caria and adoptive mother of Alexander the Great

Other uses

List of tropical storms named Ada The name Ada was used for two tropical cyclones, one each in the South-West Indian Ocean and in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. In the South-West Indian Ocean: *1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season#Tropical Storm Ada, Tropical Cyclone Ada ...

* Ada (food), a traditional Kerala delicacy * Ada, the cryptocurrency of the Cardano blockchain platform * Ada Bridge, Belgrade, Serbia * , a cargo vessel built for the London and South Western Railway * ''Ada'' (ship), a wooden ketch, wrecked near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia *

Ada class The Ada class is a class of anti-submarine corvettes developed primarily for the Turkish Navy during the first stage of the MILGEM project. The Turkish Navy has commissioned all four Ada-class corvettes. Development The design objective of the ...

, a class of anti-submarine corvettes developed by Turkey * '' Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle'', novel by Vladimir Nabokov *

Dangme language The Dangbe language, also ''Dangbe'' or ''Adaŋgbi'', is a Kwa language spoken in south-eastern Ghana by the Dangbe People ''(Dangbeli)''. The Dangbeli are part of the larger Ga-Dangbe ethnic group. Klogbi is a variant, spoken by the Kloli (K ...

, spoken in Ghana (ISO 639-2 and 639-3 code "ada") *

Ada Health Ada is a health company based in Berlin that operates Ada, an end-user self-assessment Web application. It was founded by Claire Novorol, a British pediatrician, Martin Hirsch and Daniel Nathrath. History The app started out as a platform as a ...

GmbH, a symptom checker app