Alva
Appearance
Alva may refer to:
People
[edit]- Alva (given name)
- Alva (surname)
- Alva Noto, German musician Carsten Nicolai (born 1965)
Places
[edit]Portugal
[edit]- Alva, a civil parish in Castro Daire Municipality
- Alva River, a tributary of the Mondego
United States
[edit]- Alva, Florida, a census-designated place
- Alva Bridge, a bridge over the Caloosahatchee River
- Alva, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
- Blaine, Maine, a town, named Alva before its incorporation
- Alva, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
- Alva, Oklahoma, a city
- Alva, Wyoming, an unincorporated community
Elsewhere
[edit]- Alva, Hansot, a village in Gujarat, India
- Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, a small town
- Alva, Gotland, a settlement in Sweden
- 2353 Alva, an asteroid
- Alva, Eldivan, Turkey
Food and drink
[edit]- Alva (grape), an alternative name for the Portuguese wine grape Roupeiro
- Alva, an alternative name for the German wine grape Elbling
- Halva or alva, a sweet made of flour
Other uses
[edit]- Alupa dynasty, Alva is the alternate name of the Alupas, an ancient ruling dynasty from India
- Alva (automobile), French car manufactured from 1913 to 1923
- Alva Skates, a skateboard company founded by Tony Alva
- Alva Academy, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, a comprehensive school
- Alva Consolidated Schools, Alva, Florida, on the National Register of Historic Places
- Gunnery Sergeant Alva Bricker, a fictional character on the American sitcom Major Dad
See also
[edit]- Alvar (disambiguation)
- House of Alba, a Spanish aristocratic family
- Alvah, a Biblical name