Alva may refer to:

People

Alva (given name) Alva is a unisex given name. It is used in Sweden and Norway as a feminine form of the name Alf (name), Alf, meaning "elf." It is also a spelling variant of the Bible, Biblical masculine name Alvah, meaning "his highness." Alva is a currently popula ...

Alva (surname) Alva is a surname of Portuguese origin derived from the place of habitation. The surname also occurs among the Bunt people of Karnataka, India. It is an alternate form of a dynastic title of the Alupa royal family. It is also found among Mangalor ...

Alva Noto Carsten Nicolai (born 18 September 1965 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz) is a German artist, musician and label owner. As a musician he is known under the pseudonym Alva Noto. Life and career Carsten Nicolai was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Ch ...

, German musician Carsten Nicolai (born 1965)

Places

Portugal

* Alva, a civil parish in Castro Daire Municipality *

Alva River Alva River (, ) is a river in Portugal. It flows into the Mondego River The Rio Mondego () or Mondego River is the longest river entirely within Portugal, Portuguese territory. It has its source in Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain rang ...

, a tributary of the Mondego

United States

* Alva, Florida, a census-designated place *

Alva Bridge The bridge unofficially known as the Alva Bridge is a small two-lane drawbridge located in Alva, Florida. The bridge is 21 feet tall and it is one of four vehicle drawbridges in Lee County. The bridge carries Broadway over the Caloosahatche ...

, a bridge over the Caloosahatchee River * Alva, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *

Blaine, Maine Blaine is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 667 at the 2020 census. It was known as Alva prior to incorporation in 1874, when it was renamed in honor of James G. Blaine, then Speaker of the U.S. House of Repr ...

, a town, named Alva before its incorporation * Alva, Mississippi, an unincorporated community *

Alva, Oklahoma Alva is a city in and the county seat of Woods County, Oklahoma, Woods County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River. The population was 5,028 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, up from 4,945 at the U ...

, a city *

Alva, Wyoming Alva is an unincorporated community in north central Crook County, Wyoming, United States Description The community lies along Wyoming Highway 24, north of the town of Sundance, the county seat of Crook County and 9.7 miles away from Hulett. ...

, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

* Alva, Hansot, a village in Gujarat, India *

Alva, Clackmannanshire Alva (Scottish Gaelic: ''Ailbheach'', meaning rocky) is a small town in Clackmannanshire, set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is one of a number of towns situated immediately to the south of the Ochil Hills, collectively referred to as t ...

, Scotland, a small town *

Alva, Gotland Alva is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Alva District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Alva is the name of the socken as we ...

, a settlement in Sweden *

2353 Alva __NOTOC__ Year 353 ( CCCLIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magnentius and Decentius (or, less frequently, year 1106 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denominatio ...

, an asteroid * Alva, Eldivan, Turkey

Food and drink

Alva (grape) Roupeiro is a white Portuguese wine grape planted primarily in the Alentejo and Douro regions. In Alentejo, the grape is known as Alva. In the Douro, it is known as Codega. J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Wine Course'' Third Edition pg 121 Abbevil ...

, an alternative name for the Portuguese wine grape Roupeiro * Alva, an alternative name for the German wine grape

Elbling Elbling () is a variety of white grape (sp. ''Vitis vinifera'') which today is primarily grown in the upstream parts of the Mosel region in Germany and in Luxembourg, where the river is called Moselle. The variety has a long history, and use ...

Halva Halva (also halvah, halwa, halua, and other spellings; ) is a type of confectionery that is widely spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe and the Balkans, Central Asia, and South Asia. The name is used for a broad va ...

or ''alva'', a sweet made of flour

Other uses

Alupa dynasty The Alupa dynasty (ಅಳುಪೆರ್, ಆಳ್ವೆರ್) was an India, Indian Hindu dynasty that ruled from 200 to 1444 A.D. in Southern India. The kingdom they ruled was known as ''Alvakheda Arusasira'' and its territory spanned the T ...

, Alva is the alternate name of the Alupas, an ancient ruling dynasty from India *

Alva (automobile) Alva was a French range of cars made by Automobiles Alva, in Courbevoie, Seine, from 1913 to 1923. Some of the line-up of cars had 4-cylinder engines made by SCAP, while others had engines ranging from 1.5 to 2.2-litre capacity. They were convent ...

, French car manufactured from 1913 to 1923 *

Alva Skates Anthony Frank Alva (born September 2, 1957) is an American skateboarder, entrepreneur, and musician. He was a pioneer of vertical skateboarding and one was of the original members of the Zephyr Competition Skateboarding Team, also known as th ...

, a skateboard company founded by Tony Alva *

Alva Academy Alva Academy is a six-year comprehensive school serving the towns and villages of Alva, Menstrie, Tillicoultry, Coalsnaughton, Devonside, Dollar and Muckhart, all in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The roll is over 900. It has six associated prima ...

, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, a comprehensive school *

Alva Consolidated Schools The Alva School (also known as the Alva Elementary and Middle School) is a historic school in Alva, Florida. It is located at 21291 North River Road. On June 10, 1999, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Nati ...

, Alva, Florida, on the National Register of Historic Places * Gunnery Sergeant Alva Bricker, a fictional character on the American sitcom ''

Major Dad ''Major Dad'' is an American sitcom television series created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from September 17, 1989, to May 17, 1993, on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. M ...