Awa (or variants) may refer to:

People

Awa (given name) Awa (or Hawa) is an African feminine given name derived from ''Eve'' * Awa Marie Coll Seck * Awa Dioum-Ndiaye (born 1961), Senegalese retired female track and field athlete * Awa Gueye (born August 1978), Senegalese women's basketball player * Awa ...

, notable people named Awa or Hawa * Awá (Brazil), an indigenous people of Brazil *

Awa-Kwaiker The Awá, also known as the Kwaiker or Awa-Kwaiker, are an ancient indigenous people of Ecuador and Colombia. They primarily inhabit the provinces of Carchi and Sucumbios in northern Ecuador and southern Colombia, particularly the departments of ...

, an indigenous people of Colombia and Ecuador *

Wa people The Wa people ( Wa: Vāx; , ; ; ''Wáa'') are a Southeast Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in Northern Myanmar, in the northern part of Shan State and the eastern part of Kachin State, near and along Myanmar's border with China, as well as ...

, a Southeast Asian ethnicity in Myanmar, China, and Thailand, mostly on the Awa mountain range

Languages

* Awa language (China) or Wa (Va) language, language of the Wa people of Burma and China *

Awa language (Papua New Guinea) Awa is a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melan ...

, a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea *

Awa Pit language Awa Pit, otherwise known as ''Cuaiquer'' (Coaiquer, Cuayquer, Kwaiker, Kwayquer, etc.), is a Barbacoan language. Awa Pit is classified by UNESCO as a severely endangered language. The Awa Pit language has a subject–object–verb structure and ...

, a Barbacoan language spoken by the Awa-Kwaiker people in Colombia and Ecuador *

Awadhi language Awadhi, also known as Audhi, is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. It is spoken in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh in northern India and in Terai region of western Nepal. The n ...

(ISO 639 code: awa), an Eastern Hindi language spoken in northern India *

Guajá language Guajá, or Awá (also ''Ayaya, Guaxare, Wazaizara''), is a geographically isolated Tupi–Guarani language spoken in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's Li ...

or Awá, the language of the Awá people of Brazil *

Khumi language Khumi, or Khumi Chin, is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Myanmar (Burma), with some speakers across the border in Bangladesh. Khumi shares 75%–87% lexical similarity with Eastern Khumi, and 78-81% similarity with Mro-Khimi. A written script for ...

or Awa, a Kukish language of Burma

Music

* Awa (musician) or Leena Peisa (born 1979), Finish musician *

AWA (singer) Awa Matilda Isakine Santesson-Sey (born 6 July 1997), known mononymously as Awa (stylised as AWA), is a Swedish singer based in London. Her father is Senegalese, her mother Swedish. At age 12, deciding she wanted to study classical music, she a ...

or Awa Santesson-Sey (born 1997), Swedish singer * A-WA, Israeli hip-hop and world music band

Places

* Awa mountain, China, a mountain range in the Yunnan province *

Awa, Tokushima 270px, Awa-no-dochu earthen pillars Natural Monument 270px, Kumadani-ji Sanmon 270px, Yoshino River is a city located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 35,631 in 15432 households and a population dens ...

, Japan, a town *

Awa District, Chiba is a Districts of Japan, district located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of August 2010, the district had an estimated population of 8,992 and a population density, density of 198 persons per km2. Its total area was . Awa District at present consi ...

, Japan, a modern geographical administrative division *

Awa District, Tokushima was a district located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 24,959 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The sym ...

, Japan, a modern geographical administrative division *

Awa Province (Chiba) was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Awa no Kuni''" in . It lies on the tip of the Bōsō Peninsula (房総半島), whose name takes its firs ...

, Japan, a historical geographical administrative division *

Awa Province (Tokushima) was a province of Japan in the area that is today Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Awa no Kuni''" in . Awa was bordered by Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . ...

, Japan, a historical geographical administrative division *

Awa Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Susaki, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "K21". Lines The station is served by JR Shikoku's Dosan Line and is located 173.6 km from th ...

, a railway station in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan *

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 ...

or Awa, Myanmar, imperial capital of Burmese kingdoms from the 14th to 19th centuries

Other uses

Awa Society Awa (in Dogon), also known as the Awa Society, the Society of Masks, is an African mask and initiatory society of the Dogon people of Mali which is made up of circumcised men, and whose role is both ritual and political within Dogon society ...

, a mask and initiatory society of the Dogon people of Mali * ''Awa'' (magazine), a Senegalese women's magazine from 1964 to 1973 *

Milkfish The milkfish (''Chanos chanos'') is a widespread species of ray-finned fish found throughout the Indo-Pacific. It is the sole living species in the family Chanidae, and the only living member of the genus ''Chanos''. The repeating scientific na ...

or awa, a tropical marine fish (''Chanos chanos'') *

Kava Kava or kava kava (''Piper methysticum'': Latin 'pepper' and Latinized Ancient Greek, Greek 'intoxicating') is a plant in the Piperaceae, pepper family, native to the Pacific Islands. The name ''kava'' is from Tongan language, Tongan and Marqu ...

or ʻawa, a plant (''Piper methysticum'') consumed for its sedating effects throughout Polynesia

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