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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 is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 48,972 in 20698 households, and a population density of 452 persons per km². The total area of the city is . History The shores of Lake Suwa have been in ...

, a city in Nagano Prefecture, Japan * Suwa Shrine (disambiguation), the name of several Shinto shrines in Japan *

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 River. It ranks 24th in lake water surface area in Japan. The cities of Suwa and Okaya and the town of Shimos ...

, 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 Zagazig (, , ) is a city in Egypt. Situated in the eastern part of the Nile delta, it is the capital of the governorate of Sharqia. It is located on the Muweis Canal and is a hub of the corn and cotton trade. There is a museum, the Museum of ...

in the Nile Delta * Suwa, Diz, a historical Assyrian hamlet in Hakkari, Turkey

Organizations

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) is a wilderness preservation organization in the United States based in Salt Lake City, Utah, with field offices in Washington, D.C. and Moab, Utah. The organization formed in 1983 and is a partner in ...

, 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 Michiko "Miki" Suwa Gorman (August 9, 1935 – September 19, 2015) was an American marathon runner of Japanese ancestry. Gorman did not begin running competitively until she was in her mid-30s, but rapidly emerged as one of the elite marathoning ...

Nanaka Suwa is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kawagoe, Saitama. She is known for her role as Kanan Matsuura from ''Love Live! Sunshine!!''. Biography Suwa was inspired to become a voice actress after watching the anime ''Hidamari Sketch''. She lat ...

(born 1994), Japanese voice actress * Nejiko Suwa (1920–2012), Japanese violinist *

Nobuhiro Suwa is a Japanese film director working in Japan and France. His directorial works and screenplays often make use of improvisation techniques. Currently, Suwa is the President of Tokyo Zokei University. Biography Having graduated from Hiroshim ...

(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 J ...

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

Tetsushi Suwa is a Japanese writer from Nagoya, Aichi. He was awarded the 137th Akutagawa Prize in 2007 for ''Asatte no Hito'' (アサッテの人, "The person of the day after tomorrow"). Early life Suwa was born in Nagoya in 1969, and grew up both there an ...

(born 1969), Japanese writer *

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

(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 Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later on paper. Each page or image is creat ...

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 Suwa Yorishige may refer to: * Suwa Yorishige (daimyo), Japanese samurai daimyo of the Shinano province * Suwa Yorishige (Nanboku-chō period), military commander during the Nanboku-chō period {{hndis ...

(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 franchise originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The illustrations have since inspired several official light novel, manga, and anime series and v ...

'' franchise

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Suwa' Suwāʿ () or Soveh, if translated to English, 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) M ...

, an idol mentioned in the Qur'an * '' Suwa'', the traditional beer of the

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Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

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