Nova (disambiguation)

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A nova is an exploding star. Nova or NOVA may also refer to:

Contents 1 In science and technology 2 Vehicles 3 Geography 4 Education 5 Communications media 6 People 7 Popular culture and entertainment 8 See also

[edit] In science and technology

• Nova, a high altitude balloning project by CU Spaceflight
• NOνA, a proposed particle physics experiment in northern Minnesota, USA
• Nova, a series of minicomputers from Data General
• Nova, a high-power laser at the Lawrence_Livermore_National_Laboratory.

[edit] Vehicles

• Nova (kit car), based on the Volkswagen Beetle chassis
• Nova Bus, a Quebec, Canada bus manufacturing company
• Chevrolet Nova, a car produced by General Motors
• Holden Nova, a car produced in Australia by Toyota for Holden
• Lada Nova, a variant name for the Lada Riva for some markets
• Vauxhall Nova, another car produced by General Motors
• Dacia Nova, a car produced by Renault
• Ligier Nova, a car produced by Ligier
• Nova rocket proposed by NASA

[edit] Geography

• Nova, Hungary, a town in county Zala in Hungary
• Nova, Ohio, a place in the state of Ohio in the USA
• Nova, a colloquial name for Northern Virginia

[edit] Education

• Nova (English teaching company), an English Language School (formerly one of the "big four" English conversation schools in Japan)
• Nova High School, a public high school located in Davie, Florida
• Nova Southeastern University, also in Davie, Florida, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
• Northern Virginia Community College, which is locally referred to as 'NOVA'
• The Nova Project, a public alternative high school in Seattle, Washington
• Universidade Nova de Lisboa, in Lisbon, Portugal
• Villanova University, an Augustinian university in Radnor, Pennsylvania
• NOVA, a private middle school in Olympia, Washington

[edit] Communications media

• NOVA (TV series), an educational television series in the USA
  • NOVA scienceNOW, a newsmagazine version of NOVA, launched in 2005
• Nova (Dutch TV series), a behind-the-news program in the Netherlands
• Nova (radio network), a group of Australian radio stations
• NOVA Cyprus, a digital satellite television platform in Cyprus
• NOVA Greece, a digital satellite television platform in Greece
• Nova Magazine Brazilian magazine
• Nova M Radio, a progressive radio network in the United States
• Nova Television, a Bulgarian TV station
• Nova TV, a commercial TV station from Croatia
• Radio Nova (Finland), a Finnish radio channel
• TV Nova, a commercial TV station in the Czech Republic

[edit] People

• Aldo Nova, Canadian musician
• Ana Nova, a German pornographic actress
• Heather Nova, singer
• Nikki Nova
• Yulia Nova, Russian erotic model
• Mike Bucci, professional wrestler known by the stage name Nova

[edit] Popular culture and entertainment

• Nova, a villain in the second series of the anime Magic Knight Rayearth
• Nova (album), a music album by Rajaton
• Nova (comics), Richard Rider, the last of the Nova Corps & former member of the New Warriors
• Nova (Frankie Raye), former Herald of Galactus
• Nova (novel), science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany
• Nova (Planet of the Apes), the name of the mute female human in the movie Planet of the Apes
• Nova Satori, a character in the Robotech anime television series.
• Nova Terra, the protagonist of the StarCraft: Ghost sub-series.
• Escape Velocity Nova, a computer game by Ambrosia Software
• Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri, a computer game by Looking Glass Studios
• The Nova Trilogy, common name given by critics to a series of science fiction books by William S. Burroughs
• Nova Prospekt is a fictional location in Half-life 2

[edit] See also

• Supernova

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