Cava may refer to:

People

Sports

José Luis Cabrera Cava José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(born 1982), a Spanish retired footballer *

Michela Cava Michela Cava (born March 26, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey centre, currently playing in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) with PWHL Minnesota. Playing career Along with goaltender Danika Ranger, Cava is one of only two players t ...

, a Canadian-born women's ice hockey player *

Nicholas la Cava Nicholas la Cava (born October 24, 1986) is an American rower. He competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. La Cava attended Phillips Exeter Academy graduated from Columbia University Columbia Univ ...

(born 1986), an American rower * Tony LaCava (1961), an American professional baseball executive * Zoran Dimitrijević (called Čav), (1962–2006), a Serbian professional footballer

Other people

* Florinda la Cava, legendary Spaniard who played a central role in the downfall of the Visigothic kingdom in 711 *

John Cavas John Cawas (1910 – 4 October 1993) was a stuntman and actor in Hindi movies. Cawas made his debut in the Hindi film ''Hunterwali'' (1935), which became a career-defining movie for Fearless Nadia and Wadia Movietone. Cawas himself was famous for ...

(1910–1993), a stuntman and actor in Hindi movies * Paul Cava (born 1949), an American artist photographer * Robert Cava (born 1951), an American solid-state chemist *

Stephanie LaCava Stephanie Leigh LaCava (born April 17, 1985) is an American writer based in New York City. LaCava began her career at American ''Vogue'' and her work has since appeared in ''The Believer'', ''The New York Review of Books'', ''Harper's Magazine'' ...

, an American writer * Osvaldo Cavandoli or Cava (1920–2007), an Italian cartoonist

Places

Italy

* Cava de' Tirreni, town and municipality of the province of Salerno, Italy *

Cava Manara Cava Manara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km south of Milan and about 7 km southwest of Pavia, not far from the confluence of the Ticino and the Po rivers. The '' ...

, municipality of the province of Pavia, Italy *

Cava del Rivettazzo Cava del Rivettazzo (Italian: "Quarry of Rivettazzo") is a Sicel necropolis located about 4 km north of Solarino on the SP 28 to Sortino. Description Cava del Rivettazzo consists of around a hundred rock-cut tombs dating to the Bronze Age ...

, a Sicel necropolis in Solarino, Italy *

Via cava The Vie Cave (in English ''excavated roads''), also known in Italian as Cavoni, is a road network in southern Europe, found in Spain, Italy, Turkey and as far east as Jordan. In Italy they partly link an Etruscan necropolis and several settlement ...

, a road network linking the Etruscan necropolis Sovana, with neighboring villages in the province of Grosseto, Italy * La Trinità della Cava (or Badia di Cava), a Benedictine abbey located near Cava de' Tirreni

Elsewhere

* Cava, Lleida, a municipality in the community of Catalonia, Spain * Cava, Orkney, one of the Orkney Islands, Scotland *

Čavaš Čavaš ( sr-cyrl, Чаваш) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 8, all Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous So ...

, a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina *

505 Cava Cava (minor planet designation: 505 Cava) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) ...

, a main-belt asteroid * Central America Volcanic Arc (CAVA), a chain of volcanoes on the Pacific Coast of Central America *

Mottone di Cava The Mottone di Cava is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, located east of Biasca in the canton of Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''C ...

, a mountain in Ticino, Switzerland

Arts, entertainment, and media

CaVa Studios Ca Va Studios or Ca Va Sound is a professional recording studio based in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. CaVa has previously had bases both in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The studios began in 1974 started by founder Brian Young and his team. Sin ...

, a professional recording studio in Glasgow, Scotland * ''La Cava'' (musical), 1995 musical from the book ''Florinda'' by

Dana Broccoli Dana Broccoli ( Natol; January 3, 1922 – February 29, 2004) was an American actress. Biography Dana Natol was born January 3, 1922, in New York City to an Irish Italian family. She studied acting at the Cecil Clovelly's Academy of Dramatic A ...

* La Cava Bible, a Latin illuminated Bible

Education

California Virtual Academies California Virtual Academies (CAVA) are nine virtual charter schools with business agreements with the curriculum-provider K12 Inc. The nine virtual charter schools are CAVA@Fresno, CAVA@Kings, CAVA@Los Angeles, CAVA@Maricopa, CAVA@San Diego, CAV ...

(CAVA), a virtual public charter school located in California, United States * Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA), a visual art school of India

Science

* ''Cava'', an extinct genus of cyclostome Bryozoan * '' Corydalis cava'', a flowering plant * Venae cavae, the veins (inferior and superior) that return blood to the heart

Wine

Cava (Greek wine) Greece is one of the oldest wine- producing regions in the world and among the first wine-producing territories in Europe. The earliest evidence of Greek wine has been dated to 6,500 years ago

, a Greek wine of type Epitrapezios Oinos * Cava (Spanish wine), a Spanish sparkling wine * Cava Winery & Vineyard, a winery in New Jersey

Other uses

* Cava Group, an American restaurant chain *

S.S. Cavese 1919 Cavese 1919 S.r.l., commonly known as just Cavese, is an Italian football club based in Cava de' Tirreni, Campania, that currently plays in . The first city club was founded in 1919 as Unione Sportiva Cavese. It was refounded as Pro Cavese in 19 ...

, an Italian football club based in Cava de' Tirreni