Elsa may refer to:
ELSA (acronym)
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ELSA Technology
Elsa Technology is a computer hardware company. It was founded in 1980 as ELSA Technology AG, a German company manufacturing video cards and other peripherals for Personal Computers. In 2002, the German company filed for bankruptcy while its Taiw ...
, a manufacturer of computer hardware
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English Language Skills Assessment The English Language Skills Assessment (ELSA) is a group of tests designed to measure English language proficiency of subjects. The test is designed for non-native speakers, with different levels of testing available from beginners to advanced.
The ...
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English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
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Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects research The acronyms ELSI (in the United States) and ELSA (in Europe) refer to research activities that anticipate and address ''ethical, legal and social implications'' (ELSI) or ''aspects'' (ELSA) of emerging sciences, notably genomics and nanotechnolog ...
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European Law Students' Association
The European Law Students' Association (ELSA) is an international, independent, non-political, non-profit, non-governmental organisation run by and for law students. ELSA-activities comprise a large variety of academic and professional events t ...
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European League of Stuttering Associations
The European League of Stuttering Associations (ELSA) was set up in 1990 by organisations in 12 countries to promote a greater knowledge and understanding of stuttering and to bring together, as a top umbrella organisation, the national stutterin ...
*Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Australia, a group in the
history of the Lutheran Church of Australia
The history of the Lutheran Church of Australia is the sequence of events related to divisions, mergers and affiliations of Lutheran church organisations from the time Lutheranism first arrived in Australia, to the time of unification of the two ...
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light-sport aircraft
A light-sport aircraft (LSA), or light sport aircraft, is a fairly new category of small, lightweight aircraft that are simple to fly. LSAs tend to be heavier and more sophisticated than ultralight (aka "microlight") aircraft, but LSA restrictio ...
(E-LSA)
People
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Elsa (given name)
Elsa is a female given name mostly used in the Scandinavian countries.
Provenance
Originally Elsa was simply a short form for the biblical name Elisabeth and some of its variants: Elisabet, Elisabetta and Elizabeth. , a female given name
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Pedro Elsa
Pedro Elsa (born 28 October 1901, date of death unknown) was an Argentine athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad an ...
(1901–unknown), Argentine Olympic athlete
Characters
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Elsa of Brabant
''Lohengrin'', WWV 75, is a Romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1850. The story of the eponymous character is taken from medieval German romance, notably the ''Parzival'' of Wolfram von Esc ...
, a character in the 1850 Richard Wagner opera ''Lohengrin''
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Elsa (''Frozen''), fictional character from the Disney animated franchise, ''Frozen''
Places
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Elsa, California, a
place in California, U.S.
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Elsa, Texas
Elsa is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,181 at the 2020 census, It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas.
Geography
Elsa is located in eastern Hidalgo Coun ...
, U.S.
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Elsa, Yukon Elsa is a former Company town, privately owned mining town in the Canada, Canadian territory of Yukon, between the Stewart River (Yukon), Stewart River valley to the south and the Mackenzie Mountains to the north. It is located at Kilometre 97 (Mile ...
, Canada
Other
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182 Elsa
Elsa (; minor planet designation: 182 Elsa) is a Massalia or background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 7 February 1878, by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at the Austrian N ...
, an asteroid
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''Elsa'' (album), debut album of Elsa Lunghini
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Elsa (river), Tuscany, Italy
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Elsa the lioness, subject of the book and film ''Born Free''
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Storm Elsa
A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), ...
, 13–20 December 2019
* The abbreviation for
× ''Elearethusa'', an orchid genus
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Hurricane Elsa
Hurricane Elsa was the earliest-forming fifth named storm on record in the Atlantic Ocean, surpassing Edouard of the previous year, and was the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed over the central tropical Atlantic, ...
, Category 1 Atlantic hurricane in 2021
See also
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Elsa & Fred (disambiguation)
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Else (disambiguation)
Else may refer to:
Places
* Else (Lenne), a river in Germany, tributary to the Lenne
* Else (Werre), a river in Germany, tributary to the Werre
People
* Else (given name)
* Else (surname)
Music
* "Else" (song), a 1999 rock song
* ''The Else'', ...
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