Awa (or variants) may refer to:

People

Awa (given name) Awa (or Hawa) is an African feminine given name derived from ''Eve'', Notable people with the name include: * Awa Marie Coll Seck (born 1951), Senegalese Executive Director of The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership * Awa Dioum-Ndiaye (born 1961), ...

, notable people named Awa or Hawa *

Awá (Brazil) The Awá are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the Amazon rain forest. There are approximately 350 members, and 100 of them have no contact with the outside world. They are considered highly endangered because of conflicts with logging int ...

, an indigenous people of Brazil *

Awa-Kwaiker The Awá, also known as the Kwaiker or Awa-Kwaiker, are an ancient indigenous people of Ecuador and Colombia. They primarily inhabit the provinces of Carchi and Sucumbios in northern Ecuador and southern Colombia, particularly the departments of ...

, an indigenous people of Colombia and Ecuador

Languages

Awa language (China) Wa (Va) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Wa people of Myanmar and China. There are three distinct varieties, sometimes considered separate languages; their names in ''Ethnologue'' are Parauk, the majority and standard form; Vo (Zhe ...

or Wa (Va) language, language of the Wa people of Burma and China *

Awa language (Papua New Guinea) Awa is a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Indep ...

, a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea *

Awa Pit language Located in the region of Colombia and Ecuador, the Awa or Awa Pit speaking people is an indigenous group settled between the Andes Mountains and the Western Coast. Awa Pit or otherwise known as ''Cuaiquer'' (Coaiquer, Cuayquer, Kwaiker, Kwayquer, ...

, a Barbacoan language spoken by the Awa-Kwaiker people in Colombia and Ecuador *

Awadhi language Awadhi (; ), also known as Audhi (), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in North India, northern India and Nepal. It is primarily spoken in the Awadh region of present-day Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, India. The name ''Awadh'' is connected to ...

(ISO 639 code: awa), an Eastern Hindi language spoken in northern India * Guajá language or Awá, the language of the Awá people of Brazil *

Khumi language Khumi, or ''Khumi Chin'', is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Burma, with some speakers across the border in Bangladesh. Geographical distribution Khumi proper is spoken in the following townships of Myanmar ('' Ethnologue''). *Kaladan river area i ...

or Awa, a Kukish language of Burma

Music

Awa (musician) Leena Maria "Awa" Peisa (born 16 March 1979) is a Finnish keyboard player. Her former bands include Lordi, Punaiset Messiaat and Dolchamar. Currently, she plays in Lordi's ex-drummer's Kita's band "Sampsa Astala & Qma". Biography Leena Maria ...

or Leena Peisa (born 1979), Finish musician *

AWA (singer) Awa Matilda Isakine Santesson-Sey (born 6 July 1997), known professionally as AWA, is a Swedish singer based in London. Her father is Senegalese, her mother Swedish. At age 12, deciding she wanted to study classical music, she applied to and lat ...

or Awa Santesson-Sey (born 1997), Swedish singer *

A-WA A-WA (Arabic for ''Yes'') is an Israeli band made up of the three sisters Tair, Liron, and Tagel Haim. Their single "Habib Galbi" (Love of My Heart) became a global hit, with its Yemenite traditional music mixed with hip hop and electronic musi ...

, Israeli hip-hop and world music band

Places

Awa, Tokushima 270px, Awa-no-dochu earthen pillars Natural Monument 270px, Kumadani-ji Sanmon 270px, Yoshino River is a city located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 35,631 in 15432 households and a population dens ...

, Japan, a town *

Awa District, Chiba is a district located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of August 2010, the district had an estimated population of 8,992 and a density of 198 persons per km2. Its total area was . Awa District at present consists only of the town of Kyonan Histor ...

, Japan, a modern geographical administrative division *

Awa District, Tokushima was a district located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 24,959 and a density of 206.20 persons per km2. The total area is 121.04 km2. Towns and villages * Awa * Ichiba Merger * On A ...

, Japan, a modern geographical administrative division *

Awa Province (Chiba) was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Awa no Kuni''" in . It lies on the tip of the Bōsō Peninsula (房総半島), whose name takes its first ''kanji'' from the name of Awa Pro ...

, Japan, a historical geographical administrative division *

Awa Province (Tokushima) was a province of Japan in the area that is today Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Awa no Kuni''" in . Awa was bordered by Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was ...

, Japan, a historical geographical administrative division *

Awa Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Susaki, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "K21". Lines The station is served by JR Shikoku's Dosan Line and is located 173.6 km from the ...

, a railway station in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan *

Inwa Inwa (, or ; also spelled Innwa; formerly known as Ava), located in Mandalay Region, Myanmar, is an ancient imperial capital of successive Burmese kingdoms from the 14th to 19th centuries. Throughout history, it was sacked and rebuilt numerou ...

or Awa, Myanmar, imperial capital of Burmese kingdoms from the 14th to 19th centuries

Other uses

Awa Society Awa (in Dogon), also known as the Awa Society, the Society of Masks, is an African mask and initiatory society of the Dogon people of Mali which is made up of circumcised men, and whose role is both ritual and political within Dogon society. T ...

, a mask and initiatory society of the Dogon people of Mali *

Milkfish The milkfish (''Chanos chanos'') is the sole living species in the family Chanidae. However, there are at least five extinct genera from the Cretaceous. The repeating scientific name (tautonym) is from Greek ( ‘mouth’). The species has many ...

or awa, a tropical marine fish (''Chanos chanos'') *

Kava Kava or kava kava (''Piper methysticum'': Latin 'pepper' and Latinized Greek 'intoxicating') is a crop of the Pacific Islands. The name ''kava'' is from Tongan and Marquesan, meaning 'bitter'; other names for kava include ''ʻawa'' (Hawaiʻi), ...

or ʻawa, a plant (''Piper methysticum'') consumed for its sedating effects throughout Polynesia

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