Ava or AVA may refer to:
Places
Asia and Oceania
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Ava Kingdom
The Ava Kingdom (, ; INN-wa pyi) also known as Inwa Kingdom or Kingdom of Ava was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma (Myanmar) from 1365 to 1555. Founded in 1365, the kingdom was the successor state to the petty kingdoms of Myinsa ...
, in upper Burma from 1364 to 1555
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Inwa
Inwa (, or ; also spelled Innwa; formerly known as Ava), located in Mandalay Region, Myanmar, is an ancient imperial capital of successive Burmese kingdoms from the 14th to 19th centuries. Throughout history, it was sacked and rebuilt numerou ...
, formerly Ava, the capital of Ava Kingdom
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Earl of Ava, a British colonial earldom in Burma
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Ava, Iran, Gilan Province, a village
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Ivah or Ava, an ancient city in Assyria
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Ava railway station, in Lower Hutt, New Zealand
* IATA code for
Anshun Huangguoshu Airport, China
United States
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Ava, Alabama, an unincorporated community
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Ava, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
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Ava, Illinois
Ava is a city in northwest Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 553 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Ava is located in northwestern Jackson County. Illinois Route 4 passes through the town as Knauer Street, leading northwes ...
, a city
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Ava, Missouri
Ava is the only incorporated city in Douglas County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,894 at the 2020 census. Ava is the county seat of Douglas County. The city was founded in 1871. It was renamed ''Ava'' in 1881, the town's origi ...
, a city
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Ava, New York, a town
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Ava, Ohio, an unincorporated community
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Ava (building), a highrise in Seattle, Washington
People
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Ava (given name)
People
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Ava (poet) (c. 1060–1127), the first named female writer in any genre in the German language
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Ava (wrestler) (born 2001), American professional wrestler
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Saint Ava
Saint Ava was a Benedictine abbess and is a Roman Catholic saint. Ava is commemorated on April 29; she is a patron saint of the blind.
Life
The niece of Pepin II of Aquitaine, she was born on April 29, 845. She was cured of blindness by the abbes ...
, ninth century Roman Catholic saint
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Ava Alice Muriel Astor
Ava Alice Muriel Astor (July 7, 1902 – July 19, 1956) was an American heiress, socialite, and member of the Astor family. She was the daughter of John Jacob Astor IV and Ava Lowle Willing, and sister of Vincent Astor and half-sister of John Ja ...
(1902–1956), American socialite, daughter of Ava Lowle Willing and John Jacob Astor IV
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Ava Barber (born 1954), U.S. country singer
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Ava DuVernay
Ava Marie DuVernay (; born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, NAACP Image Awards, a British Academy Film Awards, ...
(born 1972), American film director
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Ava Gardner
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' att ...
(1922–1990), American actress
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Ava Leigh
Hayley Carline (born 22 November 1985), better known as Ava Leigh, is an English reggae singer.
Career
Leigh's career first began when she started performing with her school's jazz band. In her "mid teens" she acquired a manager, and tried o ...
(born 1985), British reggae singer
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Ava Lowle Willing
Ava Lowle Lister, Baroness Ribblesdale (née Willing, later Astor; September 15, 1868 – June 9, 1958) was an American socialite. She was the first wife of John Jacob Astor IV and later married Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale.
Early life ...
(1868–1958), American socialite
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Ava Max
Amanda Ava Koci (born Amanda Koçi; February 16, 1994), known professionally as Ava Max ( ), is an American Pop music, pop singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in 2018 with the release of her breakthrough single "Sweet but Psycho". The ...
(born 1994), American singer formerly known as simply Ava
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Ava Ohlgren
Ava Ohlgren (born January 31, 1988) is an American competition swimmer who has represented the United States in international events.
Career
Ohlgren is a former NCAA champion in the 400 y IM (2007) and 200 y IM (2008). At the 2007 Pan American ...
(born 1988), American collegiate swimmer
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Éabha McMahon
Éabha McMahon (pronounced ''AY-va'') is an Irish singer and a former member of the ensemble Celtic Woman. In 2020 she began recording music under the name AVA.
Early life
Éabha was born in Dublin, Ireland on 9 December 1990. She is a fluent Ir ...
Irish singer who performs under the name AVA
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Lee Jung-hyun
Lee Jung-hyun (; born February 7, 1980), also known by her occasional stage name Ava, is a South Korean singer and actress. She was first recognized for her acting abilities with award-winning role in her first film and has been solidified as on ...
(born 1980), South Korean singer known as Ava in the United States
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AVA (English singer)
Ava Mannings, known professionally as AVA, is an English singer. She won the thirteenth series of ''The Voice UK'' on 26 October 2024 at the age of 21.
Career 2024: ''The Voice UK''
AVA participated in the thirteenth series of ''The Voice UK'' i ...
(born 2003 or 2004), ''The Voice UK'' series 13 winner
Characters
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Ava Benton
Here is a list of characters who have appeared on the ABC Daytime and TOLN soap opera ''All My Children''.
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Carter Anders
*Jason Pendergraft (2013)
Pine Valley Hospital doctor with an unknown past.
Bill Anderson
* James Pritchett (1989)
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, on the soap opera ''All My Children''
* Ava Ire, protagonist of the webcomic ''
Ava's Demon
''Ava's Demon'' is a science fantasy webcomic written and drawn by Michelle Czajkowski Fus and colored by a number of colorists. The comic, which has been ongoing since 2012, is known for its painted art style and animations. The first physical p ...
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Ava Jerome
Ava Jerome is a fictional character from ''General Hospital'', an American soap opera on the ABC network. The role is portrayed by three-time Daytime Emmy Award winner Maura West, who made her first appearance on May 8, 2013.
Ava is part of the ...
, on the soap opera ''General Hospital''
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Ava Ayala, a Marvel Comic character and the fifth character to assume the moniker of White Tiger
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Ava Lord, in Frank Miller's Sin City universe
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Ava Peralta, on the daytime soap opera ''Guiding Light''
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Ava Prentis, a character in ''Nexo Knights''
* Ava, a humanoid robot in the film ''
Ex Machina''
* Ava Paige, in the book and film series ''
The Maze Runner
''The Maze Runner'' is a 2009 dystopian novel by American author James Dashner. It takes place in a world suffering from a coronal mass ejection and whose surviving civilians fight to avoid an apocalyptic illness called the Flare. It is writt ...
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* Ava the Sunset Fairy, in the book series ''
Rainbow Magic''
Companies and organizations
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Aargau Verkehr AG, a transportation company based in Aargau, Switzerland.
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Academy of Vocal Arts, a Philadelphia music conservatory
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Adult Film Association of America
The Adult Film Association of America (AFAA) was the first American association of pornographic film producers. It fought against censorship laws, attempted to defend the industry against prosecution for obscenity, and held an annual adult fil ...
or Adult Video Association, an American trade association for the adult sex film industry
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Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) was a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development that regulated food safety, safeguarded animal and plant health, and facilitated the agri-food and fisheries trade secto ...
, a now-defunct statutory board in the Singapore government
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Amazon Valley Academy
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American Vecturist Association, an organization of transportation token collectors in the United States and Canada
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Arab Volleyball Association, a volleyball association
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Association for Volunteer Administration
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Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists
The Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists (AVA) are a group of people who promote the usage, research, and study of anaesthesia in veterinary medicine.
History
The Association was established in 1964, and they meet regularly in Europe to discu ...
, a group of people who promote the use and study of anaesthetics in veterinary medicine
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Australian Veterinary Association
The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) is a not-for-profit association representing more than 7000 Australian veterinarians working in private practice, government, industry, and academia. The AVA was mooted before the First World War but not ...
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AVA Radio Company, Polish electronics firm
* AVA, the ICAO designator of the Colombian flag carrier
Avianca
Avianca S.A. (acronym in Spanish for ''Aerovias de Colombia S.A.'', "Airways of Colombia", and stylized as avianca since October 2023) is the largest airline in Colombia. It has been the flag carrier of Colombia since December 5, 1919, when it ...
Media and entertainment
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''Ava'' (2017 French film)
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''Ava'' (2017 Iranian film)
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''Ava'' (2020 film), an American action thriller film
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AVA (TV channel)
MTV Ava is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by MTV Oy.
Programming
* Dallas
* EastEnders
* Emmerdale (reruns)
* Friends
* Melrose Place
* Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera that has aired ...
, a Finnish television channel owned by MTV3
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"Ava" (''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''), a television episode
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AVA Recordings, a label founded by Andy Moor which focuses on melodic electronic music
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Angels & Airwaves
Angels & Airwaves (also written as Angels and Airwaves; stylized and abbreviated as ΛVΛ) is an American rock band, comprising lead vocalist/guitarist Tom DeLonge, guitarist David Kennedy, drummer Ilan Rubin, and bassist Matt Rubano.
The ban ...
, an American alternative rock/space rock band
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A Vacant Affair, a Singaporean metalcore band
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Alliance of Valiant Arms
''Alliance of Valiant Arms'' (abbreviated as A.V.A, , 简体中文：《战地之王》, 繁體中文：《戰地之王》) is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game, developed by now-defunct Red Duck, Inc. using Unreal Engine 3. ...
'', a 2007 computer game
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Animator vs. Animation'', a web series produced by Alan Becker
Other uses
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Hurricane Ava (disambiguation), five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
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SS ''Ava'' (1855), a P&O steamship wrecked off Ceylon in 1858
* ava, the language code for the
Avar language
Avar (, , "language of the mountains" or , , "Avar language"), also known as Avaric, is a Northeast Caucasian languages, Northeast Caucasian language of the Avar–Andic languages, Avar–Andic subgroup that is spoken by Avars (Caucasus), Av ...
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Ava, a ceremonial ritual and beverage of the Samoa Islands
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Activity vector analysis (AVA), a personality test
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American Viticultural Area
An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States, providing an official appellation for the mutual benefit of winery, wineries and consumers. Winemakers frequently want their consumers to know abo ...
, a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States
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Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, trade name ''BioThrax'', an American anthrax vaccine
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Aortic valve area
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Auditory verbal agnosia
Auditory verbal agnosia (AVA), also known as pure word deafness, is the inability to comprehend speech. Individuals with this disorder lose the ability to understand language, repeat words, and write from dictation. Some patients with AVA describe ...
, the inability to comprehend speech
See also
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