Kava (disambiguation)

Kava may refer to:

Contents 1 Botany 2 Communications 3 Culture 4 Geography 5 Mythology 6 People 7 Pharmacology 8 Disambiguation with coffee

Botany

• Piper methysticum, commonly known as Kava, which can be used to make a drink with sedative and anesthetic properties

Communications

• KAVA, a radio station licensed in Pueblo, Colorado

Culture

• Kava culture, the cultures of western Oceania which consume kava
• Kava Kava, a rock band and live dance act from Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Geography

• Káva, a village in Hungary
• Kava, a commune in the Ségou region of Mali

Mythology

• Kaveh, a mythical figure in Iranian mythology

People

• Alex Kava, an American author and novelist
• Boštjan Kavaš, a professional handball player
• Neslihan Kavas, a Turkish table tennis player
• Vena Kava, an American artist and vocalist

Pharmacology

• Kavalactone, a class of pharmacological chemicals derived from the kava plant
• Kavain, a kavalactone

Disambiguation with coffee

In many languages the word Kava or very similar variant means Coffee. Since both these plants are stimulants it could be confusing to native speakers of these languages.

• Kava - Croatian, Lithuanian, Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, Samogitian
• Кава (transliterates to Kava) - Belarussian, Rusyn, Ukrainian
• Káva - Czech, Slovak
• Kawa - Polish, Kashubian
• Кафа/Kafa - Serbian

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