Homa

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Homa may refer to:

• Homa, a religious practise in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, involving making offerings into a consecrated fire.
• Homa (mythology), a bird in Persian mythology - a griffin
• Homa F.C., a professional league football club based in Tehran, Iran
• Homeostatic model assessment, a medical formula for quantifying insulin resistance
• Homa Bay, a town and a bay on the shore of Lake Victoria in Kenya
• Homa Mountain, a volcano near Homa Bay
• Harmonic Oscillator Model of Aromaticity, a method for quantifying aromaticity
• Homa, Ethiopia
• HOchelaga-MAisonneuve, a district in Montreal
• a popular female Persian name
• the name of an Iranian TV channel, Homa TV.
• the acronym of the Persian-language name of Iran Air.

[edit] See also

• Haoma, Avestan language name of a plant and its divinity.
• Huma, which has several different meanings.