SVA is an

initialism An acronym is a type of abbreviation consisting of a phrase whose only pronounced elements are the initial letters or initial sounds of words inside that phrase. Acronyms are often spelled with the initial letter of each word in all caps wi ...

that may refer to:

Military

* South Vietnamese army, unofficial colloquial name for the

Army of the Republic of Vietnam The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; ) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Its predecessor was the ground forc ...

(ARVN) *

Student Veterans of America Student Veterans of America (SVA), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on addressing the needs and concerns of American military veterans in higher education. SVA is best known for being an umbrella organization for student veterans' gro ...

, an education non-profit organization that serves student veterans * Scottish Veterans Association

Science

Special visceral afferent Special visceral afferent fibers (SVA) are afferent fibers that develop in association with the gastrointestinal tract. They carry the special sense of taste (gustation). The cranial nerves containing SVA fibers are the facial nerve (VII), the glos ...

, afferent nerves that develop in association with the gastrointestinal tract * SequenceVariantAnalyzer, a computer program for annotating and analyzing genetic variants * SINE-VNTR-Alu, a composite, hominid-specific

retrotransposon Retrotransposons (also called Class I transposable elements) are mobile elements which move in the host genome by converting their transcribed RNA into DNA through reverse transcription. Thus, they differ from Class II transposable elements, or ...

* SVA, the Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) code for a

Severe thunderstorm watch A severe thunderstorm watch ( SAME code: SVA) is a statement issued by weather forecasting agencies to advise the public that atmospheric conditions in a given region may lead to the development of severe thunderstorms within (or near) the reg ...

Schools

Sandia View Academy Sandia View Academy is a private high school in Corrales, New Mexico. It is located in panoramic view of the Sandia Mountains. Sandia View Academy is a seven Albuquerque-area constituent church-run, grades 9 to 12, accredited senior high school ...

, in Corrales, New Mexico, USA *

School of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts New York City (SVA NYC) is a private for-profit art school in New York City. It was founded in 1947 and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. History This school was started by Silas ...

, in Manhattan, New York City, USA *

Shenandoah Valley Academy Shenandoah Valley Academy (SVA) is a private school, private, co-educational, boarding school, boarding, high school in New Market, Virginia, New Market, Virginia, United States. It has both boarding and day school programs serving approximately ...

, in New Market, Virginia, USA

Sport

* Scottish Volleyball Association, the national governing body for volleyball in Scotland

Other

Student Volunteer Army The Student Volunteer Army (SVA) is a New Zealand student movement born from a Facebook page started following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The network has no military affiliation and is focused on facilitating community action through you ...

, a volunteer organisation based at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. * ICAO designator for

Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudia (), formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines (), is the flag carrier of Saudi Arabia based in Jeddah. The airline's main hubs are the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, th ...

, a Saudi airline * SVA, the IATA code for

Savoonga Airport Savoonga Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Savoonga, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Savoonga is located on St. Lawrence I ...

Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera The Customs Surveillance Service (, SVA) is a law enforcement agency of the Spanish Ministry of Finance, integrated in the Spanish Tax Agency. Its responsibilities include the investigation and prosecution of cases involving contraband, illegal ...

(Customs Surveillance Service), a Spanish law enforcement agency * Shareholder value added, a financial concept for the estimation of

shareholder value Shareholder value is a business term, sometimes phrased as shareholder value maximization. The term expresses the idea that the primary goal for a business is to increase the wealth of its shareholders (owners) by paying dividends and/or causing th ...

Single vehicle approval Single may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Single (music), a song release Songs * "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004 * "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008 * "Single" (William Wei song), 2016 * "Single", by ...

, performed by the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) to render a vehicle "street-legal" in the United Kingdom *

Società Valdostana Automobili The Societa Valdostana Automobili (SVA), was an Italian automobile manufacturer, active in Pont-Saint-Martin from 1948 to 1951. History Founded by Giovanni Savonuzzi and Virgilio Conrero, both originally from Fiat's aviation competitions de ...

, a defunct Italian racing car manufacturer *

National Veterinary Institute (Sweden) The Swedish Veterinary Agency (, SVA) is a Swedish government agency that answers to the Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure. The agency was established in 1911 and is located in Uppsala. The agency is an expert organisation for veterinar ...

(''Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt'') * Subject-verb agreement (in grammar) * Super Vertical Alignment, a type of Vertical Alignment (VA) panel that claims better viewing angles. *

Svan language Svan ( ''lušnu nin''; ka, სვანური ენა, tr) is a Kartvelian languages, Kartvelian language spoken in the western Georgia (country), Georgian region of Svaneti primarily by the Svans, Svan people. With its speakers variously ...

, ISO 639-3 code "sva" *

SystemVerilog SystemVerilog, standardized as IEEE 1800 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), is a hardware description and hardware verification language commonly used to model, design, simulate, test and implement electronic sy ...

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