HV
# HV

HV or hv or variant, is a two-letter acronym which may refer to:

## Places

* Burkina Faso (WMO country code HV, from the former French name, "Haute Volta" -- Upper Volta)
* Hudson Valley, New York State, USA

## Groups, companies, organizations

* Transavia (IATA airline code HV)
* Hendrik Vermeulen, a South African fashion label

### Military units

* Heimevernet, a Norwegian military force
* Hemvärnet, a Swedish military force
* Hrvatska Vojska, the Croatian army
* Hjemmevaernet [da], the Danish home guard

## Electronics and electrics

* High voltage, in electricity distribution
* hectovolt (hV), a unit of 100 volts
* Hasselblad HV, a digital system camera based on the Sony α SLT-A99V
* Home video, pre-recorded media for home entertainment

## Transportation

* High Volume, a term often used for kayak sizes
* Hybrid vehicles, which use two or more distinct types of power
* Hydrogen vehicle, powered by hydrogen

## Science and technology

* Absolute visual magnitude, or V-band magnitude, $H_V$
* Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup HV
* Hypervelocity star, an astronomical object or as a designation of such in a star catalogue
* hν, light, in chemistry shorthand
* Vickers Hardness, a hardness test

## Other uses

* Holcomb Valley Scout Ranch
* Holiday village, a holiday resort where the visitors stay in villas
* Hwair (ƕ), a Gothic letter, called hv in Unicode
* Humanae vitae, a papal encyclical
* High Valyrian, a fictional language used in the Song of Ice and Fire series by David J. Peterson
