HV or Hv is a two-letter acronym which may refer to:
In militaries:
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Heimevernet, a Norwegian military force
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Hemvärnet, a Swedish military force
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Hrvatska Vojska, the Croatian army
* , the Danish home guard
Places:
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...
(WMO country code HV, from the former French name, "Haute Volta")
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Hudson Valley
The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to ...
, New York, US
In science and technology:
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Absolute visual magnitude, or V-band magnitude, H
V
* Mitochondrial DNA
Haplogroup HV
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Hasselblad HV
The Sony Alpha 99 was announced by Sony on September 12, 2012. It was the flagship Sony DSLR camera and of the Sony Alpha SLT line until late 2016 when it was replaced by the Sony α99 II.
It features the 24.3MP 35mm full-frame Exmor APS HD C ...
, a digital system camera based on the Sony α SLT-A99V
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High voltage
High voltage electricity refers to electrical potential large enough to cause injury or damage. In certain industries, ''high voltage'' refers to voltage above a certain threshold. Equipment and conductors that carry high voltage warrant sp ...
, in electricity distribution
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Hybrid vehicles, which use two or more distinct types of power
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Hydrogen vehicle, powered by hydrogen
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Hypervelocity star, an astronomical object or as a designation of such in a star catalogue
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hν, light, in chemistry shorthand
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Vickers Hardness
The Vickers hardness test was developed in 1921 by Robert L. Smith and George E. Sandland at Vickers Ltd as an alternative to the Brinell method to measure the hardness of materials. The Vickers test is often easier to use than other hardness t ...
, a hardness test
Other uses:
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Holcomb Valley Scout Ranch
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Holiday village, a holiday resort where the visitors stay in villas.
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Home video
Home video is prerecorded media sold or rented for home viewing. The term originates from the VHS and Betamax era, when the predominant medium was videotapes, but has carried over to optical disc formats such as DVD, Blu-ray and streaming me ...
, pre-recorded media for home entertainment
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Hwair
Hwair (also , , ) is the name of , the Gothic letter expressing the or sound (reflected in English by the inverted '' wh''-spelling for ). Hwair is also the name of the Latin ligature (capital ) used to transcribe Gothic.
Name
The name of the ...
(), a Gothic letter, called ''hv'' in Unicode
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Transavia
Transavia Airlines C.V., trading as Transavia and formerly branded as ''transavia.com'', is a Dutch low-cost airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of KLM and therefore part of the Air France–KLM group. Its main base is Amsterdam Airport Schi ...
(IATA airline code)
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Humanae vitae
''Humanae vitae'' (Latin: ''Of Human Life'') is an encyclical written by Pope Paul VI and dated 25 July 1968. The text was issued at a Vatican press conference on 29 July. Subtitled ''On the Regulation of Birth'', it re-affirmed the teaching o ...
'', a papal encyclical
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Hendrik Vermeulen, a South African fashion label
* High Volume, a term often used for
kayak sizes
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High Valyrian
The Valyrian languages are a fictional language family in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, and in their television adaptation ''Game of Thrones'' and later ''House of the Dragon''.
In the novels, H ...
, a fictional language used in the
Song of Ice and Fire series, created by
David J. Peterson
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HV71
HV71 (), often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the first tier of Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League ...
, a Swedish ice hockey club
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