Biwa (disambiguation)
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Biwa may refer to:
- Biwa, a Japanese traditional musical instrument, a short-necked fretted lute
- Lake Biwa, a lake in Shiga Prefecture, Japan
- Biwa trout, is an anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is enzootic to Lake Biwa.
- Loquat, a fruit tree in the subfamily Maloideae of the family Rosaceae, indigenous to southeastern China (called biwa in Japanese)
- BIWA is the acronym for Business intelligence, Warehousing and Analytics group, also called the The Oracle BIWA SIG. This is a non-profit group of people seeking more knowledge in the field of data warehousing and Business Intelligence related analytical solutions. This group was launched in Oct 2006 and now has 260+ members. The group meets via webcasts and about twice a year in person via conferences.