Aqua is the Latin word for
water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and Color of water, nearly colorless chemical substance. It is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known liv ...
. As such, it is often used in many words which relate to water, such as aquatic life. In English, it may also refer to:
Arts
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Aqua (color)
Aqua (Latin for "water") is a variation of the color cyan. The normalized color coordinates for the two web colors named aqua and cyan are identical. It was one of the three secondary colors of the RGB color model used on computer and televisio ...
, a greenish-blue color
Business
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Aqua (Chicago)
Aqua is an 82- story mixed-use skyscraper in Lakeshore East, downtown Chicago, Illinois. Designed by a team led by Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects, with James Loewenberg of Loewenberg & Associates as the Architect of Record, it includes ...
, an 82-story residential skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, US
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Aqua Multiespacio, a 22-story office building in Valencia, Spain
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Aqua Restaurant, an upscale seafood restaurant in San Francisco, California, US
* Aqua, an appliance brand owned by
Haier
Haier Group Corporation () is a Chinese multinational home appliances and consumer electronics company headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong. Its Haier Smart Home Company affiliate, of which it owns 35%, designs, develops, manufactures and se ...
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Aqua, a brand of drinking water owned by
Danone
Danone S.A. () is a French multinational corporation, multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in 1919 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris, where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock mark ...
in Indonesia
Entertainment
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Aqua (''Kingdom Hearts''), a fictional character from Square Enix's video game series
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Aqua (''KonoSuba''), a fictional character from the light novel series ''KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!''
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''Aqua'' (manga), a Japanese manga by Amano Kozue
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''Aqua'' (video game), a 2010 video game for Xbox LIVE
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Team Aqua, a fictional villainous team from ''Pokémon Sapphire'' and its remake, as well as ''Pokémon Emerald''
* Aqua Ranger, also known as James Navarro, the father of the Red Ranger Tyler Navarro from ''
Power Rangers Dino (Super)Charge''
* Aquamarine "Aqua" Hoshino, the male protagonist from the manga and anime series ''
Oshi no Ko
is a Japanese manga series written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Young Jump'' from April 2020 to November 2024, with its chapters collected in 16 volumes. It follows a doctor ...
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Music
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''Aqua'' (Angra album), 2010
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''Aqua'' (Asia album), 1992
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Aqua (band)
Aqua is a Danish-Norwegian eurodance band, best known for their 1997 single " Barbie Girl". The group formed in 1995 in Copenhagen and achieved international success around the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band released three a ...
, a Danish eurodance group
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''Aqua'' (Edgar Froese album), 1974
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Aqua (record producer) (born 1982), an American record producer and composer
* "Aqua", a song by Ryuichi Sakamoto on the 1999 album ''
BTTB''
Other uses
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Aqua (ingredient), purified water used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
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Aqua (satellite)
Aqua (EOS PM-1) is a NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Precipitation (meteorology), precipitation, evaporation, and Water cycle, cycling of water. It is the second major component of the Earth Observing Sy ...
, a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite
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Aqua (user interface)
Aqua is the graphical user interface, design language and Theme (computing), visual theme of Apple Inc.'s macOS and iOS operating systems. It was originally based on the theme of water, with droplet-like components and a liberal use of reflecti ...
, the visual theme of Apple's macOS operating system
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Aqua America, a water and wastewater utility company in several states, US
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Project Aqua, a proposed hydroelectric scheme for the Waitaki River, New Zealand
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Agua (disambiguation)
Agua means water in Spanish.
Agua may also refer to:
Places
* ''Agua de Dios'' (God's water), a municipality in Colombia
* Volcán de Agua, a stratovolcano located in Guatemala
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Agua'' (film), a 2006 Argentin ...
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Aquagrill, a seafood restaurant in New York City
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Aquaman
Aquaman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in ''More Fun Comics'' #73 (November 1941). Initially a backup feature in DC's anthology titles ...
, a fictional comic book superhero
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Aquamarine (disambiguation)
Aquamarine may refer to:
* Aquamarine (color), a shade between green and blue
* Aquamarine (gem), Aquamarine (gemstone), a type of pale-blue to light-green beryl
Aquamarine may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Aquamarine (novel), ''Aqua ...
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Aquaculture
Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. Nelu ...
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Aqwa, the capital of Abkhazia
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