Cava may refer to:

People

Sports

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

(born 1982), a Spanish retired footballer * Michela Cava, a Canadian-born women's ice hockey player * Nicholas la Cava (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 (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, 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, a Sicel necropolis in Solarino, Italy * Via cava, 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 Cava is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is in extent and rises to above sea level. The literal meaning of the name is ''calf island'', a terminology often used to designate a small island near to a larger one. ...

, one of the Orkney Islands, Scotland * Čavaš, a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina * 505 Cava, a main-belt asteroid *

Central America Volcanic Arc The Central American Volcanic Arc (often abbreviated to CAVA) is a chain of volcanoes which extends parallel to the Pacific coastline of the Central American Isthmus, from Mexico to Panama. This volcanic arc, which has a length of 1,100 kilomete ...

(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, is one of the ...

, 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, formerly Wilson; January 3, 1922 – February 29, 2004) was an American actress and novelist. Biography Dana Natol was born on January 3, 1922, in New York City, and studied acting at Cecil Clovelly's Academy of Dramat ...

La Cava Bible The La Cava Bible or ''Codex Cavensis'' (Cava de' Tirreni, Biblioteca statale del Monumento Nazionale Badia di Cava, Ms. memb. I) is a 9th-century Latin illuminated Bible, which was produced in Spain, probably in the Kingdom of Asturias during th ...

, 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, C ...

(CAVA), a virtual public charter school located in California, United States *

Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) is a visual art school in Mysore, in the state of Karnataka in India. The academy is affiliated to the University of Mysore and offers courses in drawing, painting, sculpture, graphics, applied arts, ...

(CAVA), a visual art school of India

Science

* ''Cava'', an extinct genus of cyclostome Bryozoan * ''

Corydalis cava ''Corydalis cava'' is a species of flowering plant in the family (biology), family Papaveraceae, native plant, native to moist, shady, woodland habitats throughout most of mainland Europe, although commonest in central and southeast Europe. Its r ...

'', a flowering plant *

Venae cavae In anatomy, the ''venae cavae'' (; ''vena cava'' ; ) are two large veins (great vessels) that return deoxygenated blood from the body into the heart. In humans they are the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava, and both empty into the ...

, the veins (inferior and superior) that return blood to the heart

Drinks

;Wine * Cava (Greek wine), a Greek wine of type Epitrapezios Oinos *

Cava (Spanish wine) Cava (, ; , ) is a sparkling wine of ''denominación de origen'' (DO) status from Spain. It may be White wine, white (''blanco'') or rosé (''rosado''). The Macabeo, Parellada and Xarel·lo are the most popular and traditional grape varieties fo ...

, a Spanish sparkling wine * Cava Winery & Vineyard, a winery in New Jersey ;Coffee * Qahwa, Arabic coffee *

Kahwah Kahwah (also transliterated as qehwa, kehwa or kahwa) is the traditional preparation of green tea (''Camellia sinensis'') widely consumed in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and some regions of Central Asia. Preparation Kashmiri kahwah is made ...

, type of green tea from Kashmir

Other uses

* Cava, a Mediterranean-style American fast casual restaurant chain *

S.S. Cavese 1919 Cavese 1919, 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 1974. In ...

, an Italian football club based in Cava de' Tirreni