Noa

Noa or Noah (Standard Hebrew נועה Noa, Tiberian Hebrew נעה Nōʿāh), is a feminine Hebrew name, derived from a root that means "movement". The name is used in the Hebrew Bible for one of the daughters of Zelophehad.

Noa may refer to:

People

Real

• Loveman Noa a US Naval officer killed during the Philippines Insurrection
• Noa, the chosen appellation of singer Achinoam Nini
• Noa, a common misspelling of Noah (spelled and pronounced differently in Hebrew), the biblical builder of the Ark
• For the Japanese erotic actress, see Noa (pornography)

Fictional

• The given name of Noa Izumi, a character from the anime and manga series Patlabor.
• Noah, a character in Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shambala
• Noah Kaiba, a character from the Virtual Realm saga in Yu-Gi-Oh!
• Noa, a character within the Japanese anime Kiba
• Noa, a character in Star Wars
• Noa, a protagonist in the video game Legend of Legaia.
• Maori word. noa (common or free from tapu) is not sacred

Places

• An Argentine region of six north-western provinces, see Región Noroeste Argentino

Things

• Naval Officer's Associations, an association for Canadian naval officers, see website
• National Outsourcing Association, a telecommunications association in the United Kingdom.
• Naturally occurring asbestos, which is the unprocessed form of asbestos (common in California, Montana, and Turkey).
• Norma Ortográfica Andaluza, a Spanish transcription method in actual commercial use for popular songs with flamenco lyrics which aims to reflect more phonetically the actual speech features of the Andalusian region.
• Team NoA, professional e-sports team official website.
• Nintendo of America
• A Polynesian term for replacing names to avoid summoning something. A form of euphemism.
• The Natural Ontological Attitude, a philosophy of science proposed by Arthur Fine