Cava may refer to:

People

Sports

José Luis Cabrera Cava José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(born 1982), a Spanish retired footballer *

Michela Cava Michela Cava (born March 26, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey centre, currently playing in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) with PWHL Minnesota. Playing career Along with goaltender Danika Ranger, Cava is one of only two players t ...

, a Canadian-born women's ice hockey player * Nicholas la Cava (born 1986), an American rower *

Tony LaCava Anthony F. LaCava (born May 21, 1961) is an American professional baseball executive for the Toronto Blue Jays, currently serving as their Senior Vice President, Player Personnel. In 2015, he served as the interim general manager and vice preside ...

(1961), an American professional baseball executive *

Zoran Dimitrijević Zoran "Čava" Dimitrijević ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран "Чава" Димитријевић; 28 August 1962 – 13 September 2006) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Belgrade, Dimitrijević started out at Parti ...

(called Čav), (1962–2006), a Serbian professional footballer

Other people

Florinda la Cava Florinda la Cava, or simply La Cava, is a character who, according to legend, played a central role in the downfall of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain in 711. Although she was treated as historical in Spain for centuries, there is no evidence for ...

, legendary Spaniard who played a central role in the downfall of the Visigothic kingdom in 711 *

John Cavas John Cawas (1910 – 4 October 1993) was a stuntman and actor in Hindi movies. Cawas made his debut in the Hindi film ''Hunterwali'' (1935), which became a career-defining movie for Fearless Nadia and Wadia Movietone. Cawas himself was famous for ...

(1910–1993), a stuntman and actor in Hindi movies * Paul Cava (born 1949), an American artist photographer *

Robert Cava Robert Joseph Cava (born 1951) is a solid-state chemist at Princeton University where he holds the title Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry. Previously, Professor Cava worked as a staff scientist at Bell labs from 1979–1996, where ea ...

(born 1951), an American solid-state chemist *

Stephanie LaCava Stephanie Leigh LaCava (born April 17, 1985) is an American writer based in New York City. LaCava began her career at American ''Vogue'' and her work has since appeared in ''The Believer'', ''The New York Review of Books'', ''Harper's Magazine'' ...

, an American writer *

Osvaldo Cavandoli Osvaldo Cavandoli (1 January 1920 – 3 March 2007), also known by his pen name Cava, was an Italian cartoonist. His most famous work is his series of short animated cartoons, '' La Linea'' ("The Line"). Early life, family and education Cavando ...

or Cava (1920–2007), an Italian cartoonist

Places

Italy

Cava de' Tirreni Cava de' Tirreni (; Cilentan: ''A Càva'') is a city and '' comune'' in the region of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, northwest of the town of Salerno. It lies in a richly cultivated valley surrounded by wooded hills, and is a p ...

, town and municipality of the province of Salerno, Italy *

Cava Manara Cava Manara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km south of Milan and about 7 km southwest of Pavia, not far from the confluence of the Ticino and the Po rivers. The ' ...

, municipality of the province of Pavia, Italy *

Cava del Rivettazzo Cava del Rivettazzo (Italian: "Quarry of Rivettazzo") is a Sicel necropolis located about 4 km north of Solarino on the SP 28 to Sortino. Description Cava del Rivettazzo consists of around a hundred rock-cut tombs dating to the Bronze Age ...

, a Sicel necropolis in Solarino, Italy *

Via cava The Vie Cave (in English ''excavated roads''), also known in Italian as Cavoni, is a road network in southern Europe, found in Spain, Italy, Turkey and as far east as Jordan. In Italy they partly link an Etruscan necropolis and several settlement ...

, a road network linking the Etruscan necropolis Sovana, with neighboring villages in the province of Grosseto, Italy *

La Trinità della Cava La Trinità della Cava ( la, Abbatia Territorialis Sanctissimae Trinitatis Cavensis), commonly known as Badia di Cava, is a Benedictine territorial abbey located near Cava de' Tirreni, in the province of Salerno, southern Italy. It stands in a g ...

(or Badia di Cava), a Benedictine abbey located near Cava de' Tirreni

Elsewhere

Cava, Lleida Cava is a rural municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Urgell, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. The population of 50 people were scattered into three little villages (Cava, Ansovell and el Querforadat El Querforadat is a locality located in the municip ...

, a municipality in the community of Catalonia, Spain *

Cava, Orkney Cava is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is in extent and rises to above sea level. The literal meaning of the name is ''calf island'', a terminology often used to designate a small island near to a larger one. ...

, one of the Orkney Islands, Scotland *

Čavaš Čavaš ( sr-cyrl, Чаваш) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 8, all Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous So ...

, a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina *

505 Cava Cava (minor planet designation: 505 Cava) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) ...

, a main-belt asteroid *

Central America Volcanic Arc The Central American Volcanic Arc (often abbreviated to CAVA) is a chain of Volcano, volcanoes which extends parallel to the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coastline of the Central American Isthmus, from Mexico to Panama. This volcanic arc, which has a l ...

(CAVA), a chain of volcanoes on the Pacific Coast of Central America *

Mottone di Cava The Mottone di Cava is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, located east of Biasca in the canton of Ticino. It is located east of Pizzo Magn Pizzo Magn or Monte Crenone is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Biasca in the ...

, a mountain in Ticino, Switzerland

Arts, entertainment, and media

CaVa Studios Ca Va Studios or Ca Va Sound is a professional recording studio based in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. CaVa has previously had bases both in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The studios began in 1974 started by founder Brian Young and his team. ...

, a professional recording studio in Glasgow, Scotland * ''La Cava'' (musical), 1995 musical from the book ''Florinda'' by

Dana Broccoli Dana Broccoli ( Natol; January 3, 1922 – February 29, 2004) was an American actress. Biography Dana Natol was born January 3, 1922, in New York City to an Irish Italian family. She studied acting at the Cecil Clovelly's Academy of Dramatic A ...

La Cava Bible The La Cava Bible or ''Codex Cavensis'' (Cava de' Tirreni, Biblioteca statale del Monumento Nazionale Badia di Cava, Ms. memb. I) is a 9th-century Latin illuminated Bible, which was produced in Spain, probably in the Kingdom of Asturias during the ...

, a Latin illuminated Bible

Education

California Virtual Academies California Virtual Academies (CAVA) are nine virtual charter schools with business agreements with the curriculum-provider K12 Inc. The nine virtual charter schools are CAVA@Fresno, CAVA@Kings, CAVA@Los Angeles, CAVA@Maricopa, CAVA@San Diego, CA ...

(CAVA), a virtual public charter school located in California, United States *

Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) is a visual art school in Mysore, in the state of Karnataka in India. The academy is affiliated to the University of Mysore and offers courses in drawing, painting, sculpture, graphics, applied arts, ...

(CAVA), a visual art school of India

Science

* ''Cava'', an extinct genus of cyclostome Bryozoan * ''

Corydalis cava ''Corydalis cava'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to moist, shady, woodland habitats throughout most of mainland Europe, although commonest in central and southeast Europe. Its range extends from Spain in the ...

'', a flowering plant *

Venae cavae In anatomy, the venae cavae (; singular: vena cava ; ) are two large veins (great vessels) that return deoxygenated blood from the body into the heart. In humans they are the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava, and both empty into the ...

, the veins (inferior and superior) that return blood to the heart

Wine

Cava (Greek wine) Greece is one of the oldest wine- producing regions in the world and among the first wine-producing territories in Europe. The earliest evidence of Greek wine has been dated to 6,500 years ago

, a Greek wine of type Epitrapezios Oinos *

Cava (Spanish wine) ''Cava'' (, plural ''cavas'') is a sparkling wine of '' Denominación de Origen'' (DO) status from Spain. It may be white (''blanco'') or rosé (''rosado''). The Macabeo, Parellada and Xarel·lo are the most popular and traditional grape v ...

, a Spanish sparkling wine * Cava Winery & Vineyard, a winery in New Jersey

Other uses

* Cava Group, an American restaurant chain *

S.S. Cavese 1919 Cavese 1919 S.r.l., commonly known as just Cavese, is an Italian football club based in Cava de' Tirreni, Campania, that currently plays in . The first city club was founded in 1919 as Unione Sportiva Cavese. It was refounded as Pro Cavese in 19 ...

, an Italian football club based in Cava de' Tirreni