IGA or IgA may refer to:
Businesses and organizations
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IGA (supermarkets)
IGA, Inc., is an American chain of grocery stores that operates in more than 41 countries. Unlike the chain store business model, IGA operates as a franchise through stores that are owned separately from the brand. Many of these stores operate i ...
(initially Independent Grocers Alliance), a name used by many independent supermarkets throughout the world
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IGA (Australian supermarket group)
Independent Grocers of Australia (IGA) is an Australian chain of supermarkets. IGA is owned by Metcash, but individual IGA stores are owned independently. Its main competitors are Woolworths, Coles, Spar and Aldi. It is the fourth largest chai ...
, the local Australian variant of the international IGA
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International Island Games Association
The International Island Games Association (IIGA) is the organising body for the Island Games, a friendly biennial multi-sport competition between teams from several European islands and other small territories (24 Members from 7 Nations). The ...
, an organization that organizes the Island Games (a friendly competition between teams from several islands and other small territories)
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International Grenfell Association The International Grenfell Association (IGA) is an organization founded by Sir Wilfred Grenfell to provide health care, education, religious services, and rehabilitation and other social activities to the fisherman and coastal communities in norther ...
, an organization providing health care, education, religious and other services to the fishermen and coastal communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Interscope-Geffen-A&M
Interscope Geffen A&M Records (IGA), is an American umbrella label owned by Universal Music Group, consisting of record labels Interscope Records, Geffen Records, and A&M Records.
History
Interscope Geffen A&M Records was established in 1999, ...
, an American record label
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Irish Games Association The Irish Games Association (IGA) is a non-profit body which is dedicated to promoting gaming in Ireland, by running, supporting, and publicising gaming events, while seeking to communicate and cooperate with others that do likewise.
The IGA engage ...
, a non-profit body which is dedicated to promoting gaming in Ireland
* International Gay Association, the original name of the
In government
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Illinois General Assembly
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Indiana General Assembly
The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature, or legislative branch, of the state of Indiana. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of a lower house, the Indiana House of Representatives, and an upper house, the Indiana Senate. Th ...
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Iowa General Assembly
The Iowa General Assembly is the legislative branch of the state government of Iowa. Like the federal United States Congress, the General Assembly is a bicameral body, composed of the upper house Iowa Senate and the lower Iowa House of Repres ...
In science and technology
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Immunoglobulin A
Immunoglobulin A (Ig A, also referred to as sIgA in its secretory form) is an antibody that plays a role in the immune function of mucous membranes. The amount of IgA produced in association with mucosal membranes is greater than all other ty ...
(IgA), an antibody playing a critical role in mucosal immunity
* Intergranular attack, another term for
intergranular corrosion
In materials science, intergranular corrosion (IGC), also known as intergranular attack (IGA), is a form of corrosion where the boundaries of crystallites of the material are more susceptible to corrosion than their insides. (''Cf.'' transgranu ...
(a form of corrosion where the boundaries of crystallites of the material are more susceptible to corrosion than their insides)
Other uses
* Identity Governance and Administration, the organisational policies, processes and procedures controlling
identity management
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In-game advertising
In-game advertising (IGA) is advertising in electronic games. IGA differs from advergames, which refers to games specifically made to advertise a product.Matthew Yi (2005-07-25). "Advertisers pay for video games - Product placement tradition no ...
, the use of computer and video games as a medium in which to deliver advertising
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International Gamers Award
The International Gamers Awards is an award for strategy board games and historical simulation games
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of ...
, an award for strategy board games and historical simulation games
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Islamic Golden Age
The Islamic Golden Age was a period of cultural, economic, and scientific flourishing in the history of Islam, traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 14th century. This period is traditionally understood to have begun during the reign ...
, a period in the history of the Muslim world
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Koji Igarashi, a Japanese video game producer, nicknamed IGA
See also
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Iga (disambiguation) Iga may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Ambush at Iga Pass, a 1958 Japanese film
* Iga no Kagemaru, Japanese manga series
* Iga, a set of characters from the Japanese novel '' The Kouga Ninja Scrolls''
Biology
* ''Iga'' (beetle), a gen ...
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