Asa may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Asa (given name) Asa is a given name in several parts of the world. In English, the usual pronunciation is or . * Asa (אסא): derived from the Hebrew language, as the name appears in the Old Testament to designate the Asa of Judah, third King of Judah, who re ...

, a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters so named *

Asa people {{About, the ethnic group in Tanzania The Assa are an ethnic group based on the Maasai Steppe in Manyara Region, Tanzania. In 1999, they were estimated to number around 300 individuals, after the eastern Assa were assimilated into the Maasai. The A ...

, an ethnic group based in Tanzania *

Aṣa Bukola Elemide (born 17 September 1982),"There's 'Fi ...

, Nigerian-French singer, songwriter, and recording artist Bukola Elemide (born 1982) *

Asa (rapper) Matti Salo (born 1980), professionally known as Asa and previously as Avain, is a Finnish rapper, record producer and singer. He is also a member of hip hop and reggae group Jätkäjätkät. Career beginnings In the early 2000s, Salo was sign ...

, Finnish rapper Matti Salo (born 1980)

Biblical and mythological figures

Asa of Judah Asa (; ; ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the Kingdom of Judah and the fifth king of the Davidic line, House of David. Based on the Biblical chronology, Biblical scholars suggest that he reigned from the late 10th to earl ...

, third king of the Kingdom of Judah and the fifth king of the House of David * Ása or Æsir, Norse gods

Places

* Asa, Hardoi Uttar Pradesh, India, a village *

Asu, South Khorasan Asu (, also romanized as Āsū and Asow’; also known as Asa) is a village in Alqurat Rural District, in the Central District of Birjand County, South Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and als ...

, Iran, also spelled Asa, a village * Asa, Kwara State, Nigeria, a local government area * Asa River (Japan), a tributary of the Tama River in Tokyo, Japan * Asa (Kazakhstan), a river * Asa River (Venezuela), a river in Venezuela

Other uses

Acrylonitrile styrene acrylate Acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ASA), also called acrylic styrene acrylonitrile, is an amorphous thermoplastic developed as an alternative to acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), that has improved weather resistance. It is an acrylate rubber-mo ...

, acrylic styrene acrylonitrile, an amorphous thermoplastic * ''Asa'' (album), the sixth studio album by the German Viking metal band Falkenbach *

Asa (raga) Raga Asa is a Sikh raga (composition) that emerged in the Sikh tradition from Punjab. It is part of the Gurmat Sangeet musical tradition, which includes ragas used by Sikh Gurus for Gurbani. It is used in the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy ...

, a peculiar musical raga in Gurmat Sangeet tradition *

ASA carriage control characters ASA control characters are simple printing command characters used to control the movement of paper through line printers. These commands are presented as special characters in the first column of each text line to be printed, and affect how the pa ...

, simple printing command characters used to control the movement of paper through line printers *

Asa language The Asa (Aasá) language, commonly rendered Aasax (also rendered as Aasá, Aasáx, Aramanik, Asak, Asax, Assa, Asá), is an Afroasiatic language formerly spoken by the Asa people of Tanzania. The language is extinct; ethnic Assa in northern Tan ...

, spoken by the Asa people of Tanzania *

Asa Station 270px, Asa Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of San'yō-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is also the location of a freight depot operated by the Ja ...

, a railway station in San'yō-Onoda, Yamaguchi, Japan *

Asa (railway station) Asa or Assa (Kazakh: Аса) is a railway station in Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe ...

, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan *

Naboot A naboot (nabboot, asaya, asa, shoum) is a quarterstaff constructed of palm wood or rattan Rattan, also spelled ratan (from Malay language, Malay: ''rotan''), is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to s ...

, also called asa, a quarterstaff constructed of palm wood or rattan *

Asha ''Asha'' () or ''arta'' (; ) is a Zoroastrian concept with a complex and highly nuanced range of meaning. It is commonly summarized in accord with its contextual implications of 'truth' and 'right' (or 'righteousness'), 'order' and 'right wor ...

, romanized as aṣ̌a, a Zoroastrian concept * "Asa", a song by Kitt Wakeley featuring Starr Parodi from ''

An Adoption Story ''An Adoption Story'' is a Grammy-winning classical compendium album by Kitt Wakeley (featuring Starr Parodi). The album reached No. 5 on the '' Billboard'' Classical Crossover Albums chart and features the London Symphony, Joe Satriani, and ...

'', 2022 * “Asa”, 2024 single by

Snazzy the Optimist Michael Chimeruche Alozie (born 28 March), known professionally as Snazzy the Optimist or simply Snazzy, is a Nigerian-born singer, songwriter and rapper. An alumnus of International College of Creative Arts, he began as a rapper, covering song ...

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