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Vaşa Vaşa (also, Vasha and Vosha) is a village and municipality in the Ismayilli District of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a tr ...

, Azerbaijan *

Vasa County Vasa may refer to: Places * Vaşa, Azerbaijan * Vasa County, a historic county in modern-day Finland * Vaasa or Vasa, Finland * Vasa, Rajasthan, a village in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India * Vasa, Palghar, a village in Maharashtra, India * ...

, a historic county in modern-day Finland *

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

or Vasa, Finland * Vasa, Rajasthan, a village in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India * Vasa, Palghar, a village in Maharashtra, India * Väsa, a village in Dalarna, Sweden *

Vasa Loch Vasa Loch is a brackish lagoon in southwestern Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. (Ordnance, 2002) This water body has been shown on early maps of the island in a very similar shape and size to its current geometry, separated from the North Sea by a narr ...

, a brackish lagoon in Shapinsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK *

Vasa Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota Vasa Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 872 at the 2000 census. Vasa Township was organized in 1858, and named for Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav Vasa). Geography Accordin ...

, U.S.

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Vasa (name) Vasa is a masculine given name and nickname (short for ''Vasilije''), as well as a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Vasa Mihich (born 1933), American artist * Vasa Mijić (born 1973), Serbian volleyball player * Vasa Stajić (1878� ...

, a surname and given name (including a list of people with the name) * ''Vasa'' (ship), a Swedish warship that sank in 1628 * House of Vasa, a medieval Swedish noble family, the royal house of Sweden 1523–1654 and of Poland 1587–1668 *

Order of Vasa The Royal Order of Vasa () is a Swedish order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce. It was instituted on 29 May 1772 by King Gustav III. It was u ...

, a Swedish order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden **

Vasa Medal Vasa Medal ( sv, Vasamedaljen, VGM/SM) Is a Swedish medal, awarded for general civil virtues. It was established by King Oscar II of Sweden in 1895. It was given in gold and silver in 8th and 5th sizes. It ceased to be awarded in 1974. Torsten ...

, a Swedish medal * ''vasa'' gene, a gene that is essential for germ cell development *

Vasa IFK Vasa IFK (VIFK) is a Finnish football club, located in Vaasa. It was founded in 1900. The club changed its name in 1988 after a merger with another club, BK-48, and was called BK-IFK during the late 1900s. The name was changed back to VIFK in ye ...

, a Finnish football club *

Vasa parrot :''The name vasa parrot is also used for the greater vasa parrot.'' The vasa parrots (''Coracopsis'') are four species of parrot which are endemic to Madagascar and other islands in the western Indian Ocean. Some taxonomists formerly placed the ...

, a genus of parrots from Madagascar *

Vasa Museum The Vasa Museum ( sv, Vasamuseet) is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the island of Djurgården, the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship '' Vasa'' that sa ...

, a museum in Stockholm, Sweden

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