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Transport

* GUA, station code for
Guadalupe station Guadalupe station (also known as Guadalupe–Santa Maria) is an Amtrak train station in the city of Guadalupe, California Guadalupe is a small city located in Santa Barbara County, California. According to the 2010 United States census, ...
, in Santa Barbara County, California, United States * GUA, IATA code for
La Aurora International Airport La Aurora International Airport (, ) serves Guatemala City, Guatemala. It is located south of Guatemala City's center and from Antigua Guatemala. It is administered by the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (Guatemala), General Directora ...
, serving Guatemala City * GUA, station code for Guaianases on Line 11 (Coral) in São Paulo, Brazil


Places

* Gúa, a parish in Somiedo, Asturias, Spain *
Guà Ovada (''Uà'' and ''Guà'' in Ligurian, ''Ovà'' in Piedmontese) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of 11,484 inhabitants in the Province of Alessandria in the northern Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about south of ...
, a commune in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy * Gua, Jharkhand, a census town in India ** Gua massacre, a mass murder of Adivasis in Gua, Jharkhand *
Gua (Tanzanian ward) Gua may refer to: Transport * GUA, station code for Guadalupe station, in Santa Barbara County, California, United States * GUA, IATA code for La Aurora International Airport, serving Guatemala City * GUA, station code for Guaianases on Line ...
, a ward in
Chunya District Chunya District is one of the seven Districts of Tanzania, districts of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Tabora Region, to the northeast by Singida Region, to the east by Mbarali District, to the south by Mbeya Rural District ...
, Tanzania * GUA, IOC and UNDP
country codes A country code is a short alphanumeric identification code for countries and dependent areas. Its primary use is in data processing and communications. Several identification systems have been developed. The term ''country code'' frequently refe ...
for Guatemala * MX-GUA, the
ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Th ...
code for the Mexican state of Guanajuato * Gua, a subdistrict of
Lipis District The Lipis District is a district located in the northwest of Pahang, Malaysia. The district covers an area of 5,198 km2. Lipis District is bordered by Cameron Highlands the northwest, Batang Padang District, Perak on the west, Jerantut Di ...
in Pahang, Malaysia * Le Gua (disambiguation), the name of two different communes in France


Biology

* GUA, a
codon Genetic code is a set of rules used by living cells to translate information encoded within genetic material (DNA or RNA sequences of nucleotide triplets or codons) into proteins. Translation is accomplished by the ribosome, which links prote ...
for the amino acid
valine Valine (symbol Val or V) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. It contains an α- amino group (which is in the protonated −NH3+ form under biological conditions), an α- carboxylic acid group (which is in the deproton ...
* Gua or
Guanine Guanine () (symbol G or Gua) is one of the four main nucleotide bases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA, the others being adenine, cytosine, and thymine ( uracil in RNA). In DNA, guanine is paired with cytosine. The guanine nucleoside ...
, a nucleobase found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA


Languages

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Gua language Gua is a Guang language spoken in many parts of Ghana including the Gonja, in the northern Savannah Region, the Nchumurus in the Northern, Oti and Bono East Regions, the people of Larteh, Okere, Anum and Boso, the people of Winneba, Senya B ...
, a Guang language of coastal Ghana * ISO 639:gua, the Shiki language of northern Nigeria


Music

* Ali Gua Gua, former member of Argentine band Kumbia Queers *
Gua Ah-leh Grace Gua Ah-leh (born 2 June 1944) is a Taiwanese actress and singer. Gua has portrayed over 200 roles in film and television since 1965. She has won the Golden Horse Awards 4 times and the Golden Bell Awards twice. Life and career Also known ...
(born 1944), Chinese actress and singer * ''Gua'', a 2004 album by
Emmanuel Jal Emmanuel Jal (née Jal Jok, 1 January 1980) is a South Sudanese-Canadian artist, actor, author, former child soldier, and political activist. His autobiography, ''War Child: A Child Soldier's Story'', was published in 2009. Childhood Jal wa ...
* "Guá", a track on the 1975 album '' Jóia'' by Caetano Veloso *"Gua Time", hit song by the 80's boy band Mancha Manchew


Other uses

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Gua (chimpanzee) Gua was a chimpanzee raised as though she were a human child by scientists Luella and Winthrop Kellogg alongside their infant son Donald. Gua was the first chimpanzee to be used in a cross-rearing study in the US. Gua was born on November 15, 19 ...
(1930–1933), a chimpanzee raised as though she were a human child * GUA, Global Unicast Address * Gua, an alien race in the Canadian TV series '' First Wave'' * ''
Growing Up Absurd ''Growing Up Absurd'' is a 1960 book by Paul Goodman on the relationship between American juvenile delinquency and societal opportunities to fulfill natural needs. Contrary to the then-popular view that juvenile delinquents should be led to re ...
'', 1960 book by Paul Goodman *
Gua Ah-leh Grace Gua Ah-leh (born 2 June 1944) is a Taiwanese actress and singer. Gua has portrayed over 200 roles in film and television since 1965. She has won the Golden Horse Awards 4 times and the Golden Bell Awards twice. Life and career Also known ...
(born 1944), Chinese actress and singer *
Alan Gua Alan Gua (, ''Alun gua'', ''lit. "Alun the Beauty"''. ''Gua'' or ''Guva/Quwa'' means ''beauty'' in Mongolian) is a mythical figure from ''The Secret History of the Mongols'', eleven generations after the greyish white wolf and the red doe, and t ...
, a mythical figure from ''The Secret History of the Mongols''


See also

*
Guas Guas is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * David Guas (born 1975), American chef and TV personality * Juan Guas Juan Guas (c. 1430-33 – c. 1496) was a Spanish artist and architect of Breton origin. He worked in a group of ...
, a surname (including a list of people with the name) *
Gau Island Gau (, also known as Ngau in English) is an island belonging to Fiji's Lomaiviti archipelago. Located at 18.00° S and 179.30 °E, it covers an area of , with a total shoreline that measures long, making it the fifth largest island in the Fijian ...
, an island in Fiji * GWA (disambiguation) * Le Gua (disambiguation) * Guha (disambiguation) * {{disambiguation, geo