Usha may refer to:

Geography

Usha (ancient city) Usha () was an ancient Jewish town in the western part of Galilee. It was identified in the late 19th century by Victor Guérin, who found the ruins on which the Arab village of Hawsha was built.Guerin, 1880, pp415416. Partially translated in ...

, an archaeological site in western part of Galilee, Israel *

Usha, Israel Usha () is a kibbutz in the western Galilee area of Israel. Located near the city of Kiryat Atta, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The kibbutz was founded on 9 November 1937 as a to ...

, a modern kibbutz * Usha, Purba Bardhaman, a village in India

Personal name

Mythology

Ushas Ushas (Vedic Sanskrit: , , nominative singular उषास्) is a Vedic goddess of dawn in Hinduism. She repeatedly appears in the Rigvedic hymns, states David Kinsley, where she is "consistently identified with dawn, revealing herself with ...

or Usha, a Vedic goddess *

Uṣā Usha (Sanskrit: उषा, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: Uṣā) is a character in Hindu mythology. She is the daughter of the asura king Banasura and the wife of Aniruddha, the grandson of Krishna. Her story of fa ...

, daughter of Asura Banasura **''

Usha Parinayam ''Usha Parinayam'' (; English: Marriage of Usha) is one of the famous Indian drama. It is also a popular Yakshagana. The play was written in 1901 by Vedam Venkataraya Sastry. Plot Banasura, the king of demons undertakes a severe penance to so ...

'' (), an Indian drama

Given name

Usha (actress) Haseena Haneef, better known by her stage name Usha, is an Indian actress, singer and anchor, who has worked predominantly in Malayalam film industry. She has acted in more than 70 movies. Usha made her acting debut as a child artist in the 198 ...

(born 1972), Indian actress and singer in Malayalam movies *

Usha (Telugu singer) Usha (born 29 May 1980) is an Indian singer who works predominantly in Telugu. She has sung in Kannada and Tamil also. In a career spanning about 10 years, she has established herself as one of the leading playback singers in the Telugu film ind ...

(born 1980), Indian singer in Telugu language *

Usha Choudhari Usha Prakash Choudhari (born 1942) is an Indian National Congress politician and two-times MP from Amravati. Around hundred of her poems have been published. Early life Usha was born 22 February 1942 in Amravati and after completing her school e ...

(born 1942), Indian National Congress politician * Usha Gupta, a fictional character in ''The Archers'' *

Usha Haley Usha C. V. Haley is an American author and academic, currently W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair of International Business and Professor of Management at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University in the U.S. state of Kans ...

, American academic *

Usha Majere This is a list of characters in the ''Dragonlance'' series of fantasy novels and related fantasy role-playing game materials. It includes accounts of their early lives in the series. Characters Alhana Starbreeze Alhana Starbreeze, Silvanesti E ...

, a fictional character in ''Dragonlance'' *

Usha Mangeshkar Usha Mangeshkar is an Indian singer who has recorded many Marathi, Manipuri, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Odia and Assamese songs. She is the youngest among four Mangeshkar sisters, after Lata Mangeshkar, Meena ...

(born 1935), Indian singer *

Usha Mehta Usha Mehta (25 March 1920 – 11 August 2000) was a Gandhian and independence activist of India. She is also remembered for organizing the Congress Radio, also called the ''Secret Congress Radio'', an underground radio station, which functione ...

(1920–2000), Indian Gandhian and freedom fighter *

Usha Menon Usha Menon is Professor of Gynaecological Cancer at University College London, described as "one of Britain’s foremost specialists in gynaecological cancer". She has been a lead investigator on UK ovarian cancer screening trials and on studie ...

, Indian-British gynaecologist *

Usha Sanyal Usha Sanyal is an Indian scholar and historian of Islam specializing in the Barelvi movement. She was a visiting assistant professor of history at Wingate University in North Carolina. Her PhD dissertation analysed the Islamic legal scholar ...

, historian specializing in Asia *

Usha Uthup Usha Iyer Uthup (born 8 November 1947) is an Indian singer known for her deep contralto voice and her versatility across genres and languages. A prominent figure in Indian music since the 1970s, she has received a Filmfare Award, and was honoure ...

(born 1947), Indian singer * K. K. Usha (1939–2020), Chief Justice of the high court of Kerala, India from 2000 to 2001 * P. T. Usha (born 1964), Indian athlete *

Usha Vance Usha Bala Chilukuri Vance (née Chilukuri; born January 6, 1986) is an American lawyer who has been the Second ladies and gentlemen of the United States, second lady of the United States since 2025, being married to Vice President JD Vance. A ...

(born 1985), American attorney, wife of JD Vance

Acronyms

United States Housing Authority The United States Housing Authority, or USHA, was a Alphabet agencies, federal agency created during 1937 within the United States Department of the Interior by the Housing Act of 1937 as part of the New Deal. It was designed to lend money to the ...

United States Handball Association The United States Handball Association (USHA) is the national governing body for American handball in the United States, a game played mostly in that country. The organization is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation which promotes the game and gov ...

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