Deva

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Deva can refer to:

• Deva (Hinduism), a Hindu deity.
• Deva (tribe) Hindu tribe
• Deva (Buddhism), a supernatural being in traditional Buddhist cosmology.
• Deva (New Age), spiritual forces or beings behind nature.
• The daevas or divs, demonic monsters in Zoroastrianism.
• Deva (music director), a South Asian music director.
• Prabhu Deva, A popular South Indian actor, dancer, and movie director.
• An Albanian family name.
• Democratic Alternative "Demokraattinen Vaihtoehto" (DeVa); Finnish Communist party of 1986–1990.
• The Devas (Digimon) are villains in the TV Show, Digimon: Digital Monsters
• An angelic race in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

[edit] Places

• Deva River, a river in Northern Spain, between Asturias and Cantabria.
• Deva Victrix, the Roman fortress and town of Chester in England.
• Deva, Roman name for the River Dee in Cheshire and North Wales.
• Deva, Roman name for the River Dee in Aberdeenshire.
• Deva, Roman name for the River Dee in Galloway.
• Deva, Romania a Romanian city in Hunedoara county.
• The town of Deba and the river Deba, both in Guipuscoa, Northern Spain, used to be called Deva in Spanish.

[edit] See also

• Diva