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Piva (Drina) The Piva (, ) is a river in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The river runs through Montenegro for most of its course length, and in its last three kilometres marks the border between the two countries. Course The Piva emerges from the ' ...
, a river in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina *
Piva, Montenegro Piva (Serbian Cyrillic: Пива, ) is a historical region in Montenegro, which existed as a Montenegrin tribe also known as Pivljani (Пивљани, ). It is situated in the northwestern highlands of Montenegro, bordering Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...
, a region in Montenegro and tribe *
Lake Piva Lake Piva () is a reservoir in Montenegro. It is located in the northwest part of the country, in Plužine Municipality. The surface of the lake is 12.5 km², the length is 45 km, and the maximum depth is 188 m. The elevation is 675 m a ...
, a reservoir in Montenegro *
Piva River, Bougainville The Piva River is a river on the south western coast of Bougainville. References Rivers of Papua New Guinea {{PapuaNewGuinea-river-stub ...
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Piva Trail The Piva Trail is a trail on Bougainville, part of the Solomons chain, that runs alongside the Piva River, connecting to the East West Trail and the Numa Numa Trail. On 8–9 November 1943, as part of the Bougainville campaign during World Wa ...
, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea **
Battle for Piva Trail The Battle for Piva Trail was a battle between United States Marine Corps and Imperial Japanese Army forces on Bougainville Island. The battle took place on 8–9 November 1943 during the Bougainville campaign of the Pacific War in the days follo ...
, 1943


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Piva language Lawunuia (also called Piva) is an Austronesian language spoken along the Piva river in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It is closely related to Banoni; together, Lawununia and Banoni make up one of the five primary branc ...
, a member of the Piva-Banoni languages *
Piva (bagpipe) The piva is a type of bagpipe played in Italy and in Ticino, the Italian-speaking Canton of Switzerland. The instrument has a single chanter and single drone. A different instrument with the same name is also known in Istria region of Croatia. I ...
, an Italian folk instrument *
Piva (dance) ''Piva'' is an Italian Renaissance dance that may have originated from a peasant dance to the accompaniment of bagpipes. In 15th-century sources it is described as the fastest version of the basse danse. Antonio Cornazzano, for example, in his '' ...
, a Renaissance dance *
Primrose International Viola Archive The Primrose International Viola Archive (PIVA) is the official viola archive of both the International Viola Society and American Viola Society and the largest collection of viola music in the world. It is located in the Harold B. Lee Library a ...
, or PIVA, a collection of viola music at Brigham Young University {{disambig, geo