Noa

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Contents 1 Name 2 People 3 Literary characters 4 Places 5 Concepts 6 Organizations and companies 7 Things 8 See also

[edit] Name

Noa (Hebrew: נועה, Noa; or נעה, Nōʿā), 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. Noa is commonly mistaken with Noah which is the English spelling for נח the masculine version known from the biblical story about Noah's ark.

Noa is also Arabic, with the meaning of "light" and Japanese with the meaning of "with love".

"Noa" is also a masculine Polynesian name (though not commonly used).

[edit] People

• Josef Noa a Hungarian chess master
• Loveman Noa a US Naval officer killed during the Philippines Insurrection
• Noa, the chosen appellation of singer Achinoam Nini
• Noa Tishby, an Israeli actress

[edit] Literary characters

• The given name of Noa Izumi, a character from the anime and manga series Patlabor.
• Noa, a character within the Japanese anime Kiba
• Noa, a character in Star Wars
• Noa, a protagonist in the video game Legend of Legaia.
• Ultraman Noa from Ultraman Nexus
• Noa, a common misspelling of Noah (spelled and pronounced differently in Hebrew), the biblical builder of the Ark

[edit] Places

• An Argentine region of six north-western provinces, see Región Noroeste Argentino
• North Oxfordshire Academy is a city academy in Banbury UK, formerly Drayton School.

[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 Organizers Alliance
• National Outsourcing Association, a telecommunications association in the United Kingdom.
• Team NoA, professional e-sports team official website.
• 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)