Nova (disambiguation)
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A nova is an exploding star.
Nova, NOVA or N.O.V.A. may also refer to:
In computing
- Nova (operating system), a Cuban state-sponsored Linux distribution
- Data General Nova, a minicomputer
- Nova, OpenStack's distributed computing component
Places
- Nova, Hungary
- Nova, East Azerbaijan, Iran
- Nova, Semnan, Iran
- Nova, Ohio, United States
- Northern Virginia, United States
- Nova Scotia, Canadian province located on Canada's southeastern coast
Games
- Nova 6, a fictional biochemical weapon in Call of Duty: Black Ops
- N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance, a 2009 video game
- Nova Prospekt, a level in Half-Life 2
Albums and songs
Artists
- Nova (Bangladeshi band)
- Nova (Dutch band), a Dutch electronic music band featuring Rob Papen, also known as Peru
- Nova (Italian band), an Italian progressive rock/jazz fusion band formed in 1975
- Nova (Swedish band), a Swedish pop music band, previously known as Malta that participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Radio
- Nova (radio network), a group of Australian radio stations
- Nova M Radio, an American radio network
- Radio Nova (disambiguation), the name of several radio stations
Publications
- Nova (magazine)
- Nova (novel), by Samuel R. Delany
- The Nova Trilogy, a series of novels by William S. Burroughs
- Nova 1 through Nova 4, four anthologies of original science fiction edited by Harry Harrison
- Nova (UK magazine), a British magazine, 1965-75
Television
- Nova (fairy), a fictional character on the U.S. TV series Once Upon a Time
- Nova (Dutch TV series), a current-events program
- Nova (TV channel), Spanish television channel owned by Atresmedia
- Nova (TV series), an American science series
- Nova ScienceNow, a news-focused spin-off series
- Nova TV (disambiguation), various stations
Transportation
- SS Nova, a Cypriot cargo ship in service 1969–71
- Nova (rocket), a series of proposed rocket designs
- Nova, a high-altitude ballooning project by CU Spaceflight
- Automotive
- Nova (kit car)
- Nova Bus, a bus manufacturing company
- Chevrolet Nova, an American car produced 1962–1979 and 1985–1988
- Dacia Nova, a Romanian car produced 1995–2000
- Holden Nova, an Australian car produced 1989–1996
- Lada Nova, a Russian car produced 1982–present
- Vauxhall Nova, a British car produced 1982–1993
Organizations
- Nova – Center for Social Innovation
- NOVA-MBA Association, the global association of Italian MBAs
- New Serb Democracy, a Montenegrin political party
- New Majority, a Slovakian political party
People
- Nova (Hopi), see Hopi
- Nova (wrestler)
- Aldo Nova (born 1956), Canadian musician
- Ana Nova (born 1975), German pornographic actress
- Heather Nova (born 1967), Bermudan singer
- Iván Nova (born 1987), Dominican baseball player
Characters
- Nova (Sam Alexander), a Marvel Comics Superhero, member of the Nova Corps
- Nova (Frankie Raye), a Marvel Comics superhero and a Herald of Galactus
- Nova (Planet of the Apes), a fictional character in Planet of the Apes
- Nova (Richard Rider), a Marvel Comics superhero, member of the Nova Corps
- Nova (Ultra monster)
- Nova Satori, a Robotech character
- Nova, a Magic Knight Rayearth character
- Nova Terra, a Starcraft character
- Prime Nova, a Transformers character
- Nova, the radar operator aboard the spaceship Argo from the U.S. adaptation of the Japanese anime series Star Blazers
Schools
- Nova (eikaiwa), an English language conversation school in Japan
- Nova High School, Florida, United States
- Nova Southeastern University, Florida, United States
- The Nova Project, an alternative high school in Washington, United States
- New University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Northern Virginia Community College, Virginia, United States
- Villanova University, sometimes referred to as 'Nova
- Villanova Wildcats, this school's athletic program, also sometimes called 'Nova
Science and technology
- Nova (laser), high-power laser built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1984
- NOνA, a particle physics neutrino experiment in Fermilab
Other uses
- Benelli Nova, a pump action shotgun
- Nova, plural form of the Latin novum
- Nova 40W, a fungicide distributed by Dow AgroSciences
- Nova Scotia salmon, a variant of lox
- NOVA, former name of credit card transaction firm Elavon
See also
- All pages beginning with "nova"
- All pages with titles containing "nova"
- Supernova
- Novas (disambiguation)
- Novak (disambiguation)
- Nõva (disambiguation)
- Nove (disambiguation)
- Novi (disambiguation)
- Novo (disambiguation)
- Novus (disambiguation)