Awa (or variants) may refer to:
People
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Awa (given name), notable people named Awa or Hawa
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Awá (Brazil), an indigenous people of Brazil
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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
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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 (Zhenka ...
or Wa (Va) language, language of the Wa people of Burma and China
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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
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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
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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
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Guajá language
Guajá, or Awá (also ''Ayaya, Guaxare, Wazaizara''), is a geographically isolated Tupi–Guarani language spoken in Brazil. The extinct 'Anambé' recorded by Ehrenreich may have been a distinct language.
References
Tupi–Guarani langu ...
or Awá, the language of the Awá people of Brazil
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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'').
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or Awa, a Kukish language of Burma
Music
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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 P ...
or Leena Peisa (born 1979), Finish musician
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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
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A-WA, Israeli hip-hop and world music band
Places
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Awa, Tokushima, Japan, a town
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Awa District, Chiba, Japan, a modern geographical administrative division
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Awa District, Tokushima, Japan, a modern geographical administrative division
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Awa Province (Chiba), Japan, a historical geographical administrative division
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Awa Province (Tokushima), Japan, a historical geographical administrative division
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Awa Station, a railway station in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
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Inwa or Awa, Myanmar, imperial capital of Burmese kingdoms from the 14th to 19th centuries
Other uses
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Awa Society, a mask and initiatory society of the Dogon people of Mali
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Milkfish or awa, a tropical marine fish (''Chanos chanos'')
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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
See also
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AWA (disambiguation)
Awa (or variants) may refer to:
People
* Awa (given name), notable people named Awa or Hawa
* Awá (Brazil), an indigenous people of Brazil
* Awa-Kwaiker, an indigenous people of Colombia and Ecuador
Languages
* Awa language (China) or Wa (Va) la ...
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