Noma, NoMa, or NOMA may refer to:

Places

* NoMa, the area North of Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C., US ** NoMa–Gallaudet U station, on Washington Metro *

Noma, Florida Noma is a town in Holmes County, Florida, United States. The population was 211 at the 2010 census. Geography Noma is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of t ...

, US *

NOMA, Manchester NOMA is an £800 million, mixed-use redevelopment scheme in Manchester. It is the largest development project in North West England ahead of developments such as MediaCityUK and Atlantic Gateway. NOMA focuses on revitalising and opening the n ...

, a redevelopment in England *

Noma District, Ehime was a District located in Eastern Iyo Province (now Ehime Prefecture). Due to the 1878 Land Reforms, the district merged with Ochi District and the district dissolved. See also * List of dissolved districts of Japan A district of Japan is d ...

, a former district in Iyo Province, Japan * Noma Station, Mihama, Aichi, Japan

People

Given name

*Noma, a diminutive of the Russian name

Avtonom Avtonom (russian: Автоно́м) is a Russian Christian male first name.Superanskaya, p. 23 Its feminine version is Avtonoma.Superanskaya p. 278 The name is derived from the Greek word ''autonomous'', meaning ''one living by one's ...

* Noma Bar (born 1973), Israeli-British artist * Noma Dumezweni (born 1969), Swazi-British actress *

Noma Gurich Noma D. Gurich (born September 26, 1952) is an American attorney and jurist who is serving as an associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Gurich was appointed the State's highest court by Governor Brad Henry in 2010 and assumed office on ...

(born 1952), American judge

Surname

* Akiko Noma (born 1980), Japanese musician *

Akinori Noma is a Japanese electrophysiologist and Former Chair in Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. He is currently also a member of F1000. Prof. Akinori Noma has made many significant contributions to physiology includ ...

, Japanese electrophysiologist *

Hiroshi Noma was a Japanese poet, novelist and essayist. According to literary scholar Doug Slaymaker, Noma is widely credited with having discovered or invented the style of writing called by the term "postwar literature" (''sengo bungaku'') in Japan. Ear ...

(1915–1991), Japanese author * Seiji Noma (1878–1938), Japanese writer and publisher

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Noma Prizes, Japanese literary awards **

Noma Award for Publishing in Africa The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa (''French:Le Prix Noma de Publication en Afrique''), which ran from 1980 to 2009, was an annual $10,000 prize for outstanding African writers and scholars who published in Africa. Within four years of its est ...

Biology

*'' Archipsocus nomas'', a barklouse of the family Archipsocidae *''

Euxoa nomas ''Euxoa nomas'' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae described by Nikolay Grigoryevich Erschoff in 1874. It is found in Iran and Turkestan, as well as Alaska and Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces a ...

'', a moth of the family Noctuidae *

Noma pony The is a criticallyendangered Japanese breed of small horse. It originates from the island of Shikoku, the smallest of the four principal islands of Japan, and is named for the former district of Noma, the northernmost part of the former provi ...

, a Japanese pony breed

Brands and enterprises

* NOMA (company), US lighting manufacturer * Noma (restaurant), Copenhagen, Denmark

Healthcare

Noma (disease) Noma (also known as necrotizing ulcerative stomatitis, gangrenous stomatitis, or cancrum oris) is a rapidly progressive and often fatal infection of the mouth and face. This disease predominantly affects children between the ages of two and six y ...

, an often fatal mouth infection * Noma neonatorum, a cutaneous condition

Organizations

* New Orleans Museum of Art, US *

National Organization of Minority Architects The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) is a professional organization for individuals practicing architecture and allied professionals to advance justice and equity in communities of color. History In 1968, activist and executiv ...

, US professional organization * Noma Dōjō, Tokyo, Japan

Other uses

*Noma (のま), a Kanji iteration mark *NOMA or Non-overlapping magisteria, a viewpoint about science and religion * USS ''Noma'' (SP-131), a patrol craft 1917–1919 *, a telecommunications technology