AVA
Encyclopedia
Places
- Ava, IllinoisAva, IllinoisAva is a city in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 662 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ava is located at ....
, a city in Jackson County, Illinois, United States - Ava, MissouriAva, MissouriAva is the only incorporated city in Douglas County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,993 at the 2010 census. Ava is the county seat of Douglas County. The city was founded in 1871 and was named Ava in 1881 after being renamed from the town's original name, Militia...
, a city in Douglas County, Missouri, United States - Ava, New YorkAva, New YorkAva is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 725 at the 2000 census. The name allegedly comes from a location in Burma.The Town of Ava is in the north central part of the county...
, a town in Oneida County, New York, USA - Ava, OhioAva, OhioAva is an unincorporated community in northwestern Noble Township, Noble County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43711. Also located in Ava is a small museum dedicated to the nearby crash of the airship USS Shenandoah in...
, an unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio, United States - Ava, New ZealandAva, New ZealandAva is a suburb of Lower Hutt City situated at the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb is located in the harbour ward of the city adjacent to Petone....
, a suburb of Lower Hutt City - AvaAvaInnwa is a city in the Mandalay Division of Burma , situated just to the south of Amarapura on the Ayeyarwady River. Its formal title is Ratanapura , which means City of Gems in Pali. The name Innwa means mouth of the lake, which comes from in , meaning lake, and wa , which means mouth...
, the former name for Innwa, the ancient capital of Burma
Fictional characters
- Ava LordAva LordAva Lord is a fictional character in Frank Miller's Sin City universe, the title character in the graphic novel A Dame to Kill For. An ex-lover of Dwight McCarthy, she manipulates men with her good looks and an innocent facade for her own personal gain or amusement...
, in Frank Miller's Sin City universe - Ava MooreAva MooreAva Moore is a fictional character on the FX Networks television series Nip/Tuck. Played by Famke Janssen, the character was introduced during the show's second season.-Background:...
, on the FX Network television series Nip/Tuck - Ava PeraltaAva PeraltaAva Peralta is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light. She was played by Michelle Ray Smith from August 24, 2005 to July 27, 2008, reprising her role briefly in December 2008 and July 2009.-Character's background:Ava was the product of rape...
, on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light - Ava Benton, on the soap opera All My Children
- Ava, in the ABC medical series Grey's Anatomy
People
- Ava (given name)Ava (given name)Ava is a feminine given name in the English language. The name is possibly derived from a Germanic name, composed of the element av, which is of an uncertain meaning. It is also possible that modern given name may be a completely modern creation...
- Ava (poet)Ava (poet)The poet Ava , also known as Frau Ava, Ava of Göttweig or Ava of Melk, was the first named female writer in any genre in the German language.-Life:...
(c. 1060-1127), the first named female writer in any genre in the German language - Saint AvaSaint AvaSaint Ava is a Roman Catholic saint. Ava was the daughter of King Pepin. She was cured of blindness by St. Rainfredis. She then became a Benedictine nun at Dinant, Hainaut, located today in Belgium, and was elected Abbess c. 845.Her feast day is April 29....
, ninth century Roman Catholic saint - Ava Alice Muriel AstorAva Alice Muriel AstorAva Alice Muriel Astor was the daughter of John Jacob Astor IV and Ava Lowle Willing and sister of Vincent Astor.-Early life:...
(1902–1956), American socialite, daughter of Ava Lowle Willing and John Jacob Astor IV - Ava BarberAva BarberAva Barber is an American country music singer and performer. She is best remembered for having performed on The Lawrence Welk Show throughout much of the 1970s and early 1980s....
(born 1954), U.S. country singer - Ava GardnerAva GardnerAva Lavinia Gardner was an American actress.She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers . She became one of Hollywood's leading actresses, considered one of the most beautiful women of her day...
(1922–1990), American actress - Ava LeighAva LeighHayley Carline , better known as Ava Leigh, is a British reggae singer from Chester, England.-Career:Leigh's career first began when she started performing with her school's jazz band. In her "mid teens" she acquired a manager, and tried out for a variety of labels, singing R&B. However, Leigh...
(born 1985), British reggae singer - Ava Lowle WillingAva Lowle WillingAva Lowle Willing, Lady Ribblesdale was an American socialite and the first wife of John Jacob Astor IV.-Biography:...
(1868–1958), American socialite - Ava OhlgrenAva OhlgrenAva Ohlgren is an American swimmer. She currently attends Auburn University.-Career:Ohlgren is a former NCAA champion in the 400 y IM and 200 y IM . At the 2007 Pan American Games, Ohlgren won the 200 m freestyle and swam the third leg of the 4x20 0m freestyle relay, which also won gold...
(born 1988), American collegiate swimmer
- Ava (poet)
- Lee Jung Hyun (born 1980), South Korean singer known as Ava in the United States
Companies and organizations
- Adult Visual AnimationAdult Visual AnimationAdult Visual Animation is an adult animation film studio that was founded by Joe Phillips, his brother Lex Wolfcraft, and close friend Ron McFee in 2001. The studio has created two DVD films, The House of Morecock and Stonewall & Riot: The Ultimate Orgasm . AVA also created the flash animation...
, a San Diego based film studio, sometimes abbreviated to AVA - American Vecturist AssociationAmerican Vecturist AssociationThe American Vecturist Association is an organization of transportation token collectors in the United States and Canada, as well as worldwide. Members of the AVA receive the Fare Box, the monthly newsletter of the AVA. The Fare Box contains advertisements, stories, and information about various...
, organization of transportation token collectors in the United States and Canada - Australian Veterinary Association
- Association of Veterinary AnaesthetistsAssociation of Veterinary AnaesthetistsThe Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists are a group of people who promote the usage, research, and study of anaesthesia in veterinary medicine.-History:...
, group of people who promote the use and study of anaesthetics in veterinary medicine - Institute A.V.A. – Academy of Visual Arts, Ljubljana, a visual arts academy in Ljubljana
- AVA Radio CompanyAVA Radio CompanyThe AVA Radio Company was a Polish electronics firm founded in 1929 in Warsaw, Poland. AVA designed and built radio equipment for the Polish General Staff's Cipher Bureau, which was responsible for the radio communications of the General Staff's Oddział II .After the Cipher Bureau's...
, Polish electronics firm - AvA Musical Editions, a Portuguese classical sheet music publisher
Music
- Angels & AirwavesAngels & AirwavesAngels & Airwaves is an American alternative rock supergroup led by Blink-182 guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, also including guitarist David Kennedy from Over My Dead Body, Hazen Street and Box Car Racer, bass guitarist Matt Wachter from 30 Seconds to Mars and former Lostprophets and Nine Inch...
, an American alternative rock band - A Vacant AffairA Vacant AffairA Vacant Affair is a 5-piece Singaporean Post-hardcore band that was formed in 2004. The band is one of the first few groups to bring heavier music to the mainstream audience and reach the local charts in Singapore....
, a Singaporean metalcore band
Other
- Hurricane Ava (disambiguation), five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
- Ava KingdomAva KingdomThe Ava Kingdom was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma from 1364 to 1555. Founded in 1364, the kingdom was the successor state to the petty kingdoms that had ruled central Burma since the collapse of Pagan Empire in the late 13th century...
, in upper Burma from 1364 to 1555 - Baron Dufferin and ClaneboyeBaron Dufferin and ClaneboyeBaron Dufferin and Claneboye, of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created 31 July 1800 for Dorcas, Lady Blackwood. She was the widow of Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet, Member of the Irish Parliament for Killyleagh and Bangor...
, later Earl of Ava and Marquess of Dufferin and Ava - American Viticultural AreaAmerican Viticultural AreaAn American Viticultural Area is a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States distinguishable by geographic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau , United States Department of the Treasury....
, a designation regarding recognized winemaking regions of the United States - ava, the language code for the Avar languageAvar languageThe modern Avar language belongs to the Avar–Andic group of the Northeast Caucasian language family....
- AvaSamoa 'ava ceremonyThe Ava Ceremony is one of the most important customs of the Samoa Islands involving a solemn ritual where a ceremonial beverage is shared to mark most important occasions in Samoan society. The Samoan word ava is a cognate of the Polynesian word kava associated with the kava cultures in Oceania...
, a ceremonial ritual and beverage of the Samoa Islands - Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, tradename Biothrax
- AVA (Building)AVA (Building)AVA is an approved 445 ft tall skyscraper in Seattle, Washington. The building, designed by Weber + Thompson, will have 39 floors, and will be located at 8th Avenue and Pine Street. There will be a luxury hotel on floors 10 through 17, with 200 condominiums comprising the upper floors....
- MTV3 AVAMTV3 AVA-External links:*...
, Finnish television channel owned by MTV3 - SS Ava (1855)SS Ava (1855)The SS Ava was a 1,613 GRT British steamship, constructed in 1855 by the Tod & McGregor shipyard in Glasgow. Described as "an iron screw barque with one funnel", she was operated by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company on the China mail service and was named after Ava, the ancient...
, P & O steamship wrecked off Ceylon in 1858 - Alliance of Valiant ArmsAlliance of Valiant ArmsAlliance of Valiant Arms is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game, developed by Red Duck Inc. and is using the Unreal Engine 3....
, a computer game