Suwa or SUWA may refer to:

Places

Suwa Province 250px, Location of Suwa Province (721) is an old province in the area of Nagano Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Suwa''" in . It was located in the Tōsandō region of central Honshu. According to the old history book ''Shoku ...

, an old Japanese province located in Tōsandō for a brief period of time, which today composes the southern part of Nagano Prefecture * Suwa, Nagano, a city in Nagano Prefecture, Japan *

Suwa Shrine (disambiguation) may refer to: * Suwa shrine, part of the Shinto shrine network headed by Suwa taisha, in Nagano Prefecture * Suwa Shrine (Nagasaki), major Shinto shrine in Nagasaki, Japan * Suwa Shrine (Tottori) is a Shinto shrine in Chizu, Tottori Prefectu ...

, the name of several Shinto shrines in Japan * Lake Suwa, a lake in the Kiso Mountains, in the central region of Nagano Prefecture, Japan * Suwa, a small ancient Egyptian site about 10 km south-east of Zagazig in the Nile Delta * Suwa, Diz, a historical Assyrian hamlet in Hakkari, Turkey

Organizations

* Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, a wilderness preservation organization in the United States based in Salt Lake City, Utah

People

* Michiko Suwa (1935-2015), the maiden name of Japanese-American marathoner Miki Gorman * Nanaka Suwa (born 1994), Japanese voice actress *

Nejiko Suwa (23 January 1920 – 6 March 2012) archived at was a Japanese violinist who earned fame as a child prodigy during the inter-war period. In early Shōwa Japan she was dubbed . Although her career was mostly confined to Japan and Europe, she po ...

(1920–2012), Japanese violinist * Nobuhiro Suwa (born 1960), Japanese film director *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *

Takahiro Suwa , better known simply as Suwa (stylized in all capital letters), is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. He originally retired from professional wrestling in 2007, but later returned for a short period of time in 2013 as Maybach Taniguchi Jr ...

(born 1975), Japanese wrestler better known by his ring name "SUWA" * Tetsushi Suwa (born 1969), Japanese writer *

Toshinari Suwa is a Japanese marathon runner from Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He finished sixth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and seventh at the 2007 World Championships. His personal best time is 2:07:55 hours, achieved in December 2003 at the Fukuok ...

(born 1977), Japanese marathon runner *

Suwa Kanenori Suwa Kanenori (1897–1932) was a Japanese painter and woodblock print artist associated with the sōsaku hanga ("creative print") movement. Born 1897, he spent his youth in Kobe, and started printing from the age of sixteen. In 1914 he moved to ...

(1897–1932), Japanese woodblock print artist *

Suwa Yorimitsu (1480–1540) was a warlord of the Shinano Province. The region that was controlled by Yorimitsu was Lake Suwa is a lake in the Kiso Mountains, in the central region of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Geography The lake is the source of the Tenryū ...

(1480–1540), Japanese warlord of the Shinano Province * Suwa Yorishige (1516–1542), Japanese lord of Kuwabara castle

Fictional characters

* Amaki Suwa, Goshiki Suwa, and Masuzu Suwa, fictional characters from the ''

Strike Witches is a Japanese media mix originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The franchise has since been adapted into several light novel, manga, and anime series and various video games. ...

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Other

Suwa' Suwāʿ ( ar, سواع) is mentioned in the Qur'an (71:23) as a deity of the time of the Prophet Noah. And they say: Forsake not your gods, nor forsake Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr. (Qur'an 71:23) Maulana Muhammad Ali adds ...

, an idol mentioned in the Qur'an * '' Suwa'', the traditional beer of the Tigray Region in Ethiopia.

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