Besa or BESA may refer to:

Arts & entertainment

* ''Besa'' (newspaper), a newspaper published in Albania * ''Besa'' (TV series), a Serbian-British television series produced by Adrenalin and Red Planet Pictures * ''The Besa'', a novel by Albanian-American actress, author, producer and humanitarian

Masiela Lusha Masiela Lusha (; born October 23, 1985) is an Albanian-born American actress and author. She gained recognition for playing Carmen Lopez on the globally syndicated ABC sitcom ''George Lopez'', a role that earned her two consecutive Young Artist ...

* '' Solemn Promise'' ( sr, Беса, Besa, links=no, italic=yes), a 2009 Serbian drama film directed by Srđan Karanović

Organizations

Begin–Sadat Center for Strategic Studies The Begin–Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA Center) is an Israeli think tank affiliated with Bar-Ilan University and supported by the NATO ''Mediterranean Initiative'', conducting policy-relevant research on Middle Eastern and global st ...

(BESA Center), an Israeli think tank *

British Educational Suppliers Association British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) is a British trade association of manufacturers and distributors of equipment for the education market. Its members supply to both the UK and international markets. The association has more than 40 ...

, a trade association of manufacturers and distributors of equipment for the education market * Building Engineering Services Association, the main UK trade association for HVACR companies

Football

* FC Besa Pejë, a football club based in Peja, Kosovo *

KF Besa Kavajë Klubi i Futbollit Besa is a professional Albanian football club based in Kavajë. It is currently competing in Kategoria e Parë, the 2nd tier of Albanian football. They play their home games at Besa Stadium. History Early years (1925–1944) K ...

, a professional Albanian football club based in Kavajë *

KF Besa Sllupçan KF Besa Sllupçan ( mk, ФК Беса, ''FK Besa'') is a football club based in the village of Sllupçan near Kumanovo, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Third League The Macedonian Third League ( mk, Македо ...

, a football club based in the village of Sllupçan near Kumanovo, North Macedonia

Places

* Besa (Attica), a deme of ancient Athens * Beša, Levice District, a village and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia *

Beša, Michalovce District Beša ( hu, Bés) is a village and municipality in Michalovce District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1260. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 107 metres and ...

, a village and municipality in Michalovce District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia * Besa, an Egyptian village located near the Hadrian-founded city of

Antinoöpolis Antinoöpolis (also Antinoopolis, Antinoë, Antinopolis; grc, Ἀντινόου πόλις; cop, ⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲱⲟⲩ ''Antinow''; ar, الشيخ عبادة, modern ''Sheikh 'Ibada'' or ''Sheik Abāda'') was a city founded at an older Egyp ...

Daneș Daneș in ( Hungarian: ''Dános'', Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Dunesdorf) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania, near Sighișoara. It is composed of four villages: Criș, Daneș, Seleuș and Stejărenii (''Beșa'' until 1960) ...

(previously Beșa), a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania

Other

Banco Económico (Angola) Banco Económico, formerly Banco Espírito Santo Angola (BESA) renamed in 2015, after the bankruptcy of its mother house in Portugal, Banco Espírito Santo (BES), is an Angolan bank based in Luanda. Previously, BESA was affiliated with the now def ...

(previously Banco Espírito Santo Angola), an Angolan bank based in Luanda *

Besa (Albanian culture) Besa (pledge of honor) is an Albanian cultural precept, usually translated as "faith" or "oath", that means "to keep the promise" and "word of honor". The concept is synonymous, and, according to Hofmann, Treimer and Schmidt, etymologically relat ...

, an Albanian cultural precept that means "to keep the promise" and "word of honor" * Besa (singer) (born 1986), Albanian singer and songwriter *

Besa machine gun The Besa machine gun was a British version of the Czechoslovak ZB-53 air-cooled, belt-fed machine gun (called the TK vz. 37 in the Czechoslovak army"TK" from ''těžký kulomet'' "heavy machine gun"; "vz" from ''vzor'' "Model"). The name cam ...

, a British version of the Czechoslovak ZB-53 air-cooled, belt-fed machine gun * Besa River, a waterway in northern British Columbia, Canada * Besa, a denomination of the

Italian Somaliland rupia The Somali rupia (plural: ''rupie'', Somali: روپيا) was the currency in Italian Somaliland from 1909 to 1925. It was subdivided into 100 ''bese'' (singular: ''besa'', Somali: بيزا). History The Somali Rupia was introduced between 1909 and ...

* Besa, a genus of algae in the order

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