Noma, NoMa, or NOMA may refer to:

Places

NoMa 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, US * NOMA, Manchester, a redevelopment in England * Noma Distr ...

, the area North of Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C., US **

NoMa–Gallaudet U station NoMa–Gallaudet U is an elevated, island platformed station on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) Metro system. It is located on the same embankment as the Amtrak tracks into Union Station. It serves the Red Li ...

, on Washington Metro * Noma, Florida, 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, a former district in Iyo Province, Japan *

Noma Station 250px, Platforms is a train station in the town of Mihama, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Noma Station is served by the Chita New Line, and is located 9.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line a ...

, Mihama, Aichi, Japan

People

Given name

*Noma, a diminutive of the Russian name

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Noma Bar Noma Bar (born 1973)is a graphic designer, illustrator and artist, based in London. Bar's work has been described as "deceptively simple", featuring flat colours, minimal detail and negative space to create images that often carry double meanings ...

(born 1973), Israeli-British artist *

Noma Dumezweni Noma Dumezweni (born 28 July 1969) is a British actress. In 2006, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her performance as Ruth Younger in ''A Raisin in the Sun'' at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. In 2 ...

(born 1969), Swazi-British actress * Noma Gurich (born 1952), American judge

Surname

Akiko Noma , best known as Akko, was the bassist, back-up vocalist, and lyricist of GO!GO!7188. She has also released two solo albums under her maiden name . She sings, writes lyrics, and composes music. In GO!GO!7188, she seemed to be the most outspoken me ...

(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 was a Japanese writer and publisher who was the founder of Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ' ...

(1878–1938), Japanese writer and publisher

Arts, entertainment, and media

Noma Prize The Noma Prizes were established by Shoichi Noma, or in his honor. More than one award is conventionally identified as the ''Noma Prize''. Noma was the former head of Kodansha, the Japanese publishing and bookselling company. Kodansha is Japan's l ...

s, 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

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Archipsocus nomas ''Archipsocus nomas'' is a web-spinning barklouse, a psocid in the insect family Archipsocidae. It is found in the southeast of the United States, living gregariously on trees, feeding on and lichen and fungi and spinning a web that adheres ...

'', 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. Between 1987 and 2010, the populations of this species were consider ...

'', a moth of the family Noctuidae * Noma pony, a Japanese pony breed

Brands and enterprises

NOMA (company) NOMA was a company best known for making Christmas lights. It was once the largest manufacturer of holiday lighting in the world. As of 2021, the rights to the brand in Canada and the United States are owned by Canadian Tire, which sells NOMA-br ...

, US lighting manufacturer *

Noma (restaurant) Noma is a three-Michelin-star restaurant run by chef René Redzepi, and co-founded by Claus Meyer, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The name is a syllabic abbreviation of the two Danish words "" (Nordic) and "" (food). Opened in 2003, the restaurant is ...

, 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 Noma neonatorum is a cutaneous condition, a manifestation of infection, usually ''Pseudomonas aeruginosa'' sepsis, and has been reported almost exclusively in developing countries. Despite the similarity of facial lesions, ''noma neonatorum'' is no ...

, a cutaneous condition

Organizations

New Orleans Museum of Art The New Orleans Museum of Art (or NOMA) is the oldest fine arts museum in the city of New Orleans. It is situated within City Park, a short distance from the intersection of Carrollton Avenue and Esplanade Avenue, and near the terminus of the ...

, 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 Noma Dōjō (野間道場) is a privately owned kendo training hall, or ''dōjō'', located in Tokyo's Bunkyo ward close to Gokoku-ji. The original Noma Dojo was established in 1925 by Seiji Noma, founder of the Kodansha publishing house, but de ...

, Tokyo, Japan

Other uses

*Noma (のま), a Kanji

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*NOMA or

Non-overlapping magisteria Non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA) is the view, advocated by evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, that science and religion each represent different areas of inquiry, fact vs. values, so there is a difference between the "nets" over which they ...

, a viewpoint about science and religion * USS ''Noma'' (SP-131), a patrol craft 1917–1919 *, a telecommunications technology