Noa

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Contents 1 Name 2 People 2.1 Real 2.2 Fictional 3 Places 4 Concepts 5 Organizations and companies 6 Things 7 See also

[edit] Name

Noa or Noah (Standard Hebrew נועה Noa, Tiberian Hebrew נעה Nōʿāh), is a feminine Hebrew name, derived from a root that means "movement". The name is used in the Hebrew Bible for one of the daughters of Zelophehad.

[edit] People

[edit] Real

• Loveman Noa a US Naval officer killed during the Philippines Insurrection
• Noa, the chosen appellation of singer Achinoam Nini
• Noa, a common misspelling of Noah (spelled and pronounced differently in Hebrew), the biblical builder of the Ark

[edit] Fictional

• The given name of Noa Izumi, a character from the anime and manga series Patlabor.
• Noah, a character in Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shambala
• Noah Kaiba, a character from the Virtual Realm saga in Yu-Gi-Oh!
• Noa, a character within the Japanese anime Kiba
• Noa, a character in Star Wars
• Noa, a protagonist in the video game Legend of Legaia.

[edit] Places

• An Argentine region of six north-western provinces, see Región Noroeste Argentino

[edit] Concepts

• A Polynesian term for replacing names to avoid summoning something. A form of euphemism.
• A Māori term referring to the opposite of tapu; noa means common, non-sacred, or free from tapu (sometimes because tapu has been broken).
• The Natural Ontological Attitude, a philosophy of science proposed by Arthur Fine

[edit] Organizations and companies

• Naval Officer's Associations, an association for Canadian naval officers, see website
• National Outsourcing Association, a telecommunications association in the United Kingdom.
• Team NoA, professional e-sports team official website.
• The Nation of Islam
• Nintendo of America
• NOA Audio Solutions, Manufacturer of audio archive management tools official website.

[edit] Things

• Naturally occurring asbestos, which is the unprocessed form of asbestos (common in California, Montana, and Turkey).
• Norma Ortográfica Andaluza, a Spanish transcription method in actual commercial use for popular songs with flamenco lyrics which aims to reflect more phonetically the actual speech features of the Andalusian region.

[edit] See also

• Noah (disambiguation)