AWA
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AWA may be an abbreviation for:
Awa (or variants) can refer to:
- Advanced World Alliance (A.W.A.), a treaty between individuals instead of nations or tribes
- Amalgamated Wireless Australasia LimitedAmalgamated Wireless Australasia LimitedAmalgamated Wireless Ltd . Throughout most of the 20th century AWA was Australia's largest and most prominent electronics organisation, undertaking development, manufacture and distribution of radio, telecommunications, television and audio equipment as well as broadcasting services.After the...
(AWA), Australian manufacturer of radio and communications equipment - AWA TowerAWA TowerThe AWA Tower is an office and communications complex in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia built for Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Limited. The AWA Tower consists of a radio transmission tower atop a 15-story building...
, Sydney, Australia - America West AirlinesAmerica West AirlinesAmerica West Airlines corporate offices were in Tempe, Arizona and the main hub was at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The airline became part of the US Airways Group after a merger in 2005....
- Africa World Airlines
- The American Wrestling AssociationAmerican Wrestling AssociationThe American Wrestling Association was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 to 1991. It was owned and founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo...
, an American professional wrestling promotion that operated from 1957 to 1991 - The South African promotion Africa Wrestling AllianceAfrica Wrestling AllianceAfrica Wrestling Alliance, formerly known as Africa Wrestling Federation, is a South African professional wrestling promotion founded in 1995 . The regionally-based company is owned by Shaun Koen and Koos Rossouw, and is a traditionally-styled promotion influenced by the international wrestling...
that has operated since 1990 - The American Wrestling AffiliatesAmerican Wrestling AffiliatesThe American Wrestling Affiliates, alternately referred to as The AWA or The REAL AWA, is a governing body for six independent wrestling promotions in the eastern United States and New Brunswick Canada. It was created in April 2008 when former AWA Superstars of Wrestling member promotion...
, a professional wrestling promotion which formed in 2008 - Australian Workplace AgreementAustralian Workplace AgreementAustralian workplace agreements were formalized individual agreements negotiated by the boss and employee. Employers could offer "take it or leave it" AWAs as a condition of employment. They were registered by the employment advocate and did not require a dispute resolution procedure. These...
- Awadhi languageAwadhi languageAwadhi is an Indo-Aryan language, part of the Hindi-Urdu continuum. It is spoken chiefly in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, although its speakers are also found in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Nepal. Furthermore, the Fiji Hindi dialect spoken by Indo-Fijians is considered a variant of Awadhi,...
(ISO 639 language code: awa) - Anime Weekend AtlantaAnime Weekend AtlantaAnime Weekend Atlanta is an annual three-day anime convention held in the Atlanta, Georgia area, typically in the month of September. Since the first convention in 1995, Anime Weekend Atlanta has become one of the most attended anime conventions in the United States and as of 2010 it has been the...
, an anime convention held yearly in Atlanta, Georgia - The American Writers AssociationAmerican Writers AssociationThe American Writers Association was an organization of writers. Formed in 1946, its members included Bruce Barton, John Dos Passos, John Erskine, James T. Farrell, John T...
, an organization that existed in the 1940s - Aluminium Wire Armour, used in electric cables
- The Australian Window Association
Awa (or variants) can refer to:
People
- Awá-Guajá people, an endangered indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon
- Awa-Kwaiker people, an indigenous people in the Colombia–Ecuador border
- Awa (Papua New Guinea), a people group in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaPapua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
- Awa, stage name of Leena PeisaLeena PeisaLeena Maria "Awa" Peisa is the current keyboard player in the Finnish hard rock quintet Lordi, winners of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. Peisa's former bands include Punaiset Messiaat and , both of which are from Porvoo.-Biography:Leena Maria Peisa was born in Vantaa although she spent her...
from the band Lordi - Awa Dioum-NdiayeAwa Dioum-NdiayeAwa Dioum-Ndiaye is a retired female track and field athlete from Senegal, who competed in the hurdling, high jump and the heptathlon events during her career in the 1980s. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's high jump comtest at the 1987 All-Africa...
(born 1961), Senegalese track and field athlete
Places
- Awa, TokushimaAwa, Tokushimais a city located in Awa District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.Awa City was founded on April 1, 2005, when the old town of Awa absorbed the town of Ichiba, also from Awa District, and the towns of Donari and Yoshino, all from Itano District. It is located in the former Awa Province .As of 2005, the...
(Japan), a town - Awa District, ChibaAwa District, Chibais a district located in Chiba, Japan.As of August 2010, the district had an estimated population of 8,992 and a density of 198 persons per km². Its total area was 45.16 km².-History:...
(Japan), a modern geographical administrative division - Awa District, TokushimaAwa District, TokushimaAwa is a district located in Tokushima, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 24,959 and a density of 206.20 persons per km². The total area is 121.04 km².-Merger:...
(Japan), a modern geographical administrative division - Awa Province (Chiba)Awa Province (Chiba)was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture. It lies on the tip of the Boso Peninsula , whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Province and its second from Kazusa and Shimōsa Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was or...
(Japan), a historical geographical administrative division - Awa Province (Tokushima)Awa Province (Tokushima)was an old province of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku. Awa was bordered by Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces. It was sometimes called .-References:...
(Japan), a historical geographical administrative division
Other
- awa (without initial glottal stop), the Hawaiian name of the MilkfishMilkfishThe milkfish is the sole living species in the family Chanidae. - Description and biology :...
(Chanos chanos) - ‘awa (with initial glottal stop), the Hawaiian name of KavaKavaKava or kava-kava is a crop of the western Pacific....
(Piper methysticum)