Alva may refer to:

People

* Alva (given name) * Alva (surname) * Alva Noto, German musician Carsten Nicolai (born 1965)

Places

Portugal

* Alva, a civil parish in Castro Daire Municipality *

Alva River Alva River ( pt, Rio Alva, ) is a river in Portugal. It flows into the Mondego River. The river Alva is a mountain river, tributary of the Mondego, rising on the southwest slope of the Serra da Estrela and running about until draining into the r ...

, a tributary of the Mondego

United States

* Alva, Florida, a census-designated place * Alva Bridge, a bridge over the Caloosahatchee River *

Alva, Kentucky Alva is an unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. Alva is south of Wallins Creek. References Unincorporated communities in Harlan County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{HarlanCou ...

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

Alva, Mississippi Alva is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Mississippi, United States. Alva is east of Sweatman and east of Duck Hill on Mississippi Highway 404 Mississippi () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Sout ...

, an unincorporated community * Alva, Oklahoma, a city * Alva, Wyoming, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

* Alva, Hansot, a village in Gujarat, India * Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, a small town * Alva, Gotland, a settlement in Sweden *

2353 Alva __NOTOC__ Year 353 ( CCCLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) 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 ...

, an asteroid * Alva, Eldivan, Turkey

Food and drink

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

Halva Halva (also halvah, halwa, and other spellings, Persian : حلوا) is a type of confectionery originating from Persia and widely spread throughout the Middle East. The name is used for a broad variety of recipes, generally a thick paste made ...

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

Other uses

* Alupa dynasty, Alva is the alternate name of the Alupas, an ancient ruling dynasty from India * Alva (automobile), French car manufactured from 1913 to 1923 * Alva Skates, a skateboard company founded by Tony Alva * Alva Academy, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, a comprehensive school * Alva Consolidated Schools, Alva, Florida, on the National Register of Historic Places * Gunnery Sergeant Alva Bricker, a fictional character on the American sitcom '' Major Dad''