Nova (disambiguation)

A nova is an exploding star.

Nova or NOVA may also refer to:

Fictional entities

 * Nova (fairy), in the U.S. TV series Once Upon a Time
 * Nova (Planet of the Apes), a character in Planet of the Apes
 * Nova (StarCraft), a fictional character in the StarCraft series and Heroes of the Storm
 * Nova (Frankie Raye), a Marvel Comics superhero and a Herald of Galactus
 * Nova (Richard Rider), a Marvel Comics superhero, the original Nova and leader of the Nova Corps
 * Nova (Sam Alexander), a Marvel Comics Superhero, the teenage member of the Nova Corps
 * Nova Forrester, in Star Blazers
 * Nova (Ultra monster)
 * Nova 6, a biochemical weapon in Call of Duty: Black Ops
 * NOVA, in Kirby Super Star
 * Nova, a Magic Knight Rayearth character
 * Nova, a Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! character
 * Weapon of Mass Destruction Nova, in Mirai Sentai Timeranger
 * Nova Terron, a supporting character in Mysticons

Gaming

 * N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance, a 2009 video game

Literature

 * Nova (novel), by Samuel R. Delany
 * Nova 1 through Nova 4, anthologies of original science fiction edited by Harry Harrison
 * Nova Awards, UK science fiction award
 * The Nova Trilogy, a series of novels by William S. Burroughs
 * Nova (Brazilian magazine), a monthly feminine magazine
 * Nova (UK magazine), a British magazine 1965–75
 * Nova Science Fiction, a Swedish magazine for science fiction
 * Nova (tabloid), a weekly Indonesian tabloid

Artists

 * Nova (Bangladeshi band), a psychedelic, progressive and hard rock band, formed in 1986
 * Nova (Dutch band), an electronic music band featuring Rob Papen, also known as Peru
 * Nova (Italian band), a progressive rock/jazz fusion band, formed in 1975
 * Nova (Swedish band), a pop music band that participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Albums and songs

 * Nova (Atargatis album), 2007
 * Nova (Rajaton album), 2000
 * Nova (RL Grime album), 2018
 * "Nova" (The Sound of Arrows song), by The Sound of Arrows

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

Television

 * Nova TV (disambiguation), the name of several television channels
 * Nova (Dutch TV program), a current-events program
 * Nova (American TV program), a science documentary series

Companies

 * Nova (Greece), a telecommunications company
 * Nova (Iceland), a telecommunications company
 * Nova Bus, a Canadian bus manufacturer
 * Nova Chemicals, a Canadian petrochemical company
 * Nova Energy, a division of Todd Corporation
 * Nova Entertainment, an Australian company
 * Nova Performance Paragliders, an Austrian aircraft manufacturer
 * Nova Press, a French media company
 * Nova Systems, who run the Nova Systems Space Precinct in Peterborough, South Australia
 * Elavon Inc., formerly NOVA, a processor of card transactions and a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp

Political parties

 * New Majority (Slovakia)
 * New Serb Democracy, Montenegro
 * New Party (Serbia)

Schools

 * Northern Virginia Community College, Virginia, U.S., also known as NoVa
 * Nova High School (Redding, California), U.S., a public high school from 1967 to 1991
 * Nova High School, Florida, U.S.
 * Nova Southeastern University, Florida, U.S.
 * The Nova Project, an alternative high school in Washington, U.S.
 * Nova (eikaiwa), an English language conversation school in Japan
 * NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
 * Villanova University, Pennsylvania, U.S., informally known as Nova
 * Villanova Wildcats, the school's athletic program also known by the informal nickname

Other organisations

 * Nova – Center for Social Innovation, Spain
 * Nova Group (metros), multinational collection of metro systems focusing on international benchmarking, based in London, UK
 * NOVA-MBA Association, the global association of Italian MBAs
 * Nova Institution for Women, a Canadian federal women's prison

Given name and mononym

 * Nova (given name), including a list of people with the name
 * Nova (singer), a Puerto Rican reggaeton and hip hop singer, part of duo Nova & Jory
 * Nova (wrestler), ring name of American pro wrestler Mike Bucci
 * Nova, stage name of Shaheeda Sinckler, winner of the 2020 Scottish Album of the Year Award

Surname

 * Aldo Nova (born 1956), Canadian musician
 * Debi Nova, stage name of Costa Rican singer-songwriter Deborah Nowalski Kader (born 1980)
 * Erika Nõva (1905–1987), Estonian architect
 * Heather Nova (born 1967), Bermudan singer, songwriter and poet
 * Iván Nova (born 1987), Dominican baseball player
 * Stella Nova (1960–2010), British guitarist

Places

 * Nova, Hungary
 * Nova, East Azerbaijan, Iran
 * Nova, Semnan, Iran
 * Nova, Cherepovetsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia
 * Nova, Ohio, U.S.
 * Northern Virginia, U.S.
 * Nova, Africa, former Ancient city and Roman bishopric, now in Tunisia and a Latin Catholic titular see
 * Nõva (disambiguation), several places in Estonia
 * Nova Mine, in Western Australia

Science and technology

 * NOVA (filesystem), a Linux filesystem
 * Nova classification, a taxonomy of foodstuffs
 * Nova (laser), built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1984
 * Nova (operating system), a Cuban state-sponsored Linux distribution
 * Nova (rocket), a series of proposed rocket designs in the 1960s
 * NOνA, a particle physics neutrino experiment in Fermilab
 * Data General Nova, a minicomputer first built in 1969
 * OpenStack Nova, a distributed computing component
 * Nova, a high-altitude ballooning project by CU Spaceflight
 * Nova, a web development application made by Panic Inc.

Cars

 * Nova (kit car), by Automotive Design and Development
 * 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 1982–2015
 * Vauxhall Nova, a British car produced 1982–1993

Other uses in transportation

 * Air Nova, a Canadian airline 1986–2001
 * Nova Air, an airline based in Mexico City, Mexico, 2005–2008
 * Nova Airways, based in Khartoum, Sudan, founded in 2000
 * Nova Airlines AB, operating as Novair, a former Swedish airline
 * SS Nova, a Cypriot cargo ship 1969–1971
 * Nova, a brand of train cars used by TransPennine Express
 * Nova Bus, a Canadian bus manufacturer

Other uses

 * Benelli Nova, a pump-action shotgun
 * Nova Scotia salmon or Nova lox, a variant of lox