Haw or HAW may refer to:

Fruit

* many species of hawthorn ('' Crataegus'') **

Haw flakes Haw flakes () are Chinese sweets made from the fruit of the Chinese hawthorn. The pale/dark pink candy is usually formed into discs two millimeters thick, and packaged in cylindrical stacks with label art resemblant of Chinese fireworks. The sw ...

, Chinese sweets made from the fruit of the Chinese hawthorn, ''Crataegus pinnatifida'' * several species of ''

Viburnum ''Viburnum'' is a genus of about 150–175 species of flowering plants in the moschatel family Adoxaceae. Its current classification is based on molecular phylogeny. It was previously included in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae. The membe ...

'', including: ** '' Viburnum rufidulum'' ** ''

Viburnum prunifolium ''Viburnum prunifolium'' (known as blackhaw or black haw, blackhaw viburnum, sweet haw, and stag bush) is a species of '' Viburnum'' native to eastern North America, from Connecticut west to eastern Kansas, and south to Alabama and Texas. Growt ...

'' ** '' Viburnum nudum''

Places

New Haw New Haw is a village which is part of the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England. It is located approximately south of Addlestone and southwest by west of London. Geography New Haw borders Byfleet, Addlestone, Weybridge, Ottershaw, West Byf ...

, a village in Surrey, England *

Haw River The Haw River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, that is entirely contained in north central North Carolina in the United States. It was first documented as the "Hau River" by John Lawson, an E ...

, a tributary of the Cape Fear River in north central North Carolina ** Haw River Valley AVA *

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...

, United States * Haverfordwest Aerodrome, in Pembrokeshire, Wales (IATA airport code)

People

Adrian Hardy Haworth Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water". The Adria was until the 8th century BC the mai ...

(1767–1833), English entomologist and botanist with standard author abbreviation Haw. *

Horace Tabor Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ' ...

(1830–1899), American prospector, businessman and politician

Surname

* Brian Haw (1949–2011), protester in London's Parliament Square * Chris Haw (born 1981), American writer *

Jack Haw Mervyn John Haw (27 December 1902 – 29 April 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Henry Haw (1855-1935), and Ellen Haw (1861-1944), née Barnes, Mervyn ...

(1902–1975), Australian rules footballer * Jesse Haw (born 1971), American businessman and politician * Johannes Haw (1871–1949), German Roman Catholic priest * Robbie Haw (born 1986), English footballer * Stephen G. Haw (born 1951), English botanist

Characters

* Miriallia Haw, a fictional character in the anime ''Gundam SEED''

Other uses

Chin Haw The Chin Haw or Chin Ho (; th, จีนฮ่อ, ), also known locally as Yunnanese ( zh, 雲南人, th, คนยูนนาน), are Chinese people who migrated to Thailand via Myanmar or Laos. Most of them were originally from Yunnan, a so ...

, Chinese people who migrated to Thailand *

Haw wars The Haw Wars ( th, สงครามปราบฮ่อ) were fought against Chinese quasi-military refugee gangs invading parts of Tonkin and the Siam from 1865–1890. Forces invading Lao domains were ill-disciplined and freely demolished B ...

(1865–1890), fought against Chinese quasi-military forces invading parts of Tonkin and Thailand *

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences The Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (German: Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg) is a higher education and applied research institution located in Hamburg, Germany. Formerly known as ''Fachhochschule Hamburg,'' the ''Hamburg U ...

(German: ') * Havelland Waste Management Company Ltd. (German: HAW ''Havelländische Abfallwirtschaftsgesellschaft'' mbH) * Hawaiian language *

Supreme Court of Hawaii The Supreme Court of Hawaii is the highest court of the State of Hawaii in the United States. Its decisions are binding on all other courts of the Hawaii State Judiciary. The principal purpose of the Supreme Court is to review the decisions of ...

, in legal documents *

Heavy Airlift Wing The Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW) is an international military airlift organization based at Pápa Air Base, Hungary. The organization consists of several European states and the United States. It was officially activated on 27 July 2009 as part of t ...

, an international airlift organization * Nictitating membrane, a transparent or translucent third eyelid on the eyes of some animals *

Sissipahaw The Sissipahaw or Haw were a Native American tribe of North Carolina. They are also variously recorded as ''Saxahapaw'', ''Sauxpa'', ''Sissipahaus'', etc. Their settlements were generally located in the vicinity of modern-day Saxapahaw, North ...