Acca
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[edit] ACCA as an abbreviation
ACCA may refer to:
In Accountancy and Finance:
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a British chartered accountancy body with a global presence that offers the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification worldwide.
In Christianity:
- Antiochian Catholic Church in America, one of the Independent Catholic Churches
In Cryptography:
In Education:
- The Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area
In Sports:
- Association of Christian College Athletics, an organization of collegiate athletics
In Law:
- Armed Career Criminal Act
In other fields:
- Air Conditioning Contractors of America, the largest HVAC contractor organization in the USA
- Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, a contemporary art gallery
- Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft, a project of the United States Air Force's Air Force Research Laboratory, to demonstrate new cargo-carrier capabilities.[1]
[edit] Acca as a name
in Botany:
- Acca (genus), or another common name for Feijoa, a plant formerly of that genus
In Geography:
Acca can represent an Arabic spelling of the name of the city of Acre, Israel
People named Acca:
- Acca Larentia, Hercules' mistress in Roman mythology
- any of three bishops of the Anglo-Saxon church:
- Acca of Dunwich (8th century)
- Acca of Hereford (8th century)
- Acca of Hexham (b c. 660 - 740 or 742)