Alva may refer to:

People

Alva (surname) Alva is a surname of Portuguese origin derived from the place of habitation. The surname also occurs among the Bunt people of Karnataka, India. It is an alternate form of a dynastic title of the Alupa royal family. It is also found among Mangalore ...

* Alva Noto, German musician Carsten Nicolai (born 1965)

Places

Portugal

* Alva, a civil parish in Castro Daire Municipality *

Alva River Alva River ( pt, Rio Alva, ) is a river in Portugal. It flows into the Mondego River The Rio Mondego () or Mondego River is the longest river entirely within Portuguese territory. It has its source in Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain ra ...

, a tributary of the Mondego

United States

* Alva, Florida, a census-designated place * Alva Bridge, a bridge over the Caloosahatchee River * Alva, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *

Blaine, Maine Blaine is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 667 at the 2020 census. It was known as Alva prior to incorporation in 1874, when it was renamed in honor of James G. Blaine, then Speaker of the U.S. House of Repr ...

, a town, named Alva before its incorporation * Alva, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Alva, Oklahoma, a city *

Alva, Wyoming Alva is an unincorporated community in north central Crook County, Wyoming, United States. It lies along WYO 24, 34.9 miles north of the town of Sundance, the county seat of Crook County and 9.7 miles away from Hulett. Its elevation is 3,993&n ...

, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

* Alva, Hansot, a village in Gujarat, India * Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, a small town * Alva, Gotland, a settlement in Sweden *

2353 Alva __NOTOC__ Year 353 ( CCCLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magnentius and Decentius (or, less frequently, year 1106 ...

, an asteroid * Alva, Eldivan, Turkey

Food and drink

* Alva (grape), an alternative name for the Portuguese wine grape Roupeiro * Alva, an alternative name for the German wine grape Elbling *

Halva Halva (also halvah, halwa, and other spellings, Persian : حلوا) is a type of confectionery originating from Persia and widely spread throughout the Middle East. The name is used for a broad variety of recipes, generally a thick paste made f ...

or ''alva'', a sweet made of flour

Other uses

* Alupa dynasty, Alva is the alternate name of the Alupas, an ancient ruling dynasty from India * Alva (automobile), French car manufactured from 1913 to 1923 * Alva Skates, a skateboard company founded by Tony Alva * Alva Academy, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, a comprehensive school * Alva Consolidated Schools, Alva, Florida, on the National Register of Historic Places * Gunnery Sergeant Alva Bricker, a fictional character on the American sitcom ''

Major Dad ''Major Dad'' is an American sitcom television series created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from September 17, 1989, to May 17, 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. Ma ...