Gua may refer to:

Biology

* GUA, a

codon The genetic code is the set of rules used by living cells to translate information encoded within genetic material ( DNA or RNA sequences of nucleotide triplets, or codons) into proteins. Translation is accomplished by the ribosome, which links ...

for the amino acid valine * Gua or Guanine, a nucleobase found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA

Telecommunications

* GUA, Global Unicast Address

Languages

* Gua language, a Guang language of coastal Ghana * ISO 639:gua, the Shiki language of northern Nigeria

Music

* ''Gua'', a 2004 album by Emmanuel Jal * "Guá", a track on the 1975 album ''

Jóia Jóia is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 ...

'' by Caetano Veloso *"Gua Time", hit song by the 80's boy band Mancha Manchew

People

* Gua Ah-leh (born 1944), Chinese actress and singer *

Alan Gua Alan Gua ( mn, Алун гуа, ''Alun gua'', ''lit. "Alun the Beauty"''. ''Gua'' or ''Guva/Quwa'' means ''beauty'' in Mongolian) is a mythical figure from ''The Secret History of the Mongols'', eleven generations after the grey wolf and the whit ...

, a mythical figure from ''The Secret History of the Mongols'' * Ali Gua Gua, former member of Argentine band

Kumbia Queers Kumbia Queers is Argentine tropical-punk band, originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2007. History The project was born in Buenos Aires in 2007, the union of She Devils, Juana Chang and Florencia Lliteras (Happy Makers), (Argentina), wit ...

Places

Gúa Gúa is one of fifteen parishes (administrative divisions) in Somiedo, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. It is in size, with a population of 138 (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: ...

, a parish in Somiedo, Asturias, Spain *

Guà Ovada (''Uà'' and ''Guà'' in Ligurian, ''Ovà'' in Piedmontese) is a '' comune'' (municipality) of 11,484 inhabitants in the Province of Alessandria in the northern Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about sou ...

, a commune in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy *

Gua, Jharkhand Gua is a census town in Pashchimi Singhbhum district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Jharkhand. It is a mining township situated in the Chota Nagpur Plateau, Chotanagpur Plateau. The mines are operated by the Steel Author ...

, a census town in India * Gua (Tanzanian ward), a ward in Chunya District, Tanzania * GUA, IOC and UNDP country codes for Guatemala * GUA, station code for Guadalupe station, in Santa Barbara County, California, United States * MX-GUA, the ISO 3166-2 code for the Mexican state of Guanajuato *Gua, a pub in Manchester known for its "special Gua evenings" * GUA, IATA code for La Aurora International Airport, serving Guatemala City * GUA, station code for Guaianases on Line 11 (Coral) in São Paulo, Brazil * Gua, a subdistrict of Lipis District in Pahang, Malaysia * Le Gua (disambiguation), the name of two different communes in France

Other uses

* '' Growing Up Absurd'', 1960 book by Paul Goodman * Gua (chimpanzee) (1930–1933), a chimpanzee raised as though she were a human child * Gua, an alien race in the Canadian TV series '' First Wave''