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

People with the name
Single 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

Given name
Nova Arianto (born 1978), Indonesian professional footballer of Tionghoan descent
Nova Meierhenrich (born 1973), German television presenter
Nova Miller (born 2001), Swedish singer, dancer, actress, and multi-instrumentalist
Nova Peris (born 1971), Aboriginal Australian athlete and former politician
Nova Pilbeam (1919-2015), British actress
Nova Ren Suma (born 1975), American #1 New York Times best selling author of young adult novels

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
Iran
Nova, East Azerbaijan
Nova, Semnan

United States
Nova, Ohio
Northern Virginia

Elsewhere
Nova, Africa, former Ancient city and Roman bishopric, now in Tunisia and a Latin Catholic titular see
Nõva (disambiguation), several places in Estonia
Nova, Hungary
Nova Mine, a cobalt, copper and nickel mine in Western Australia

Arts, entertainment and media
Fictional entities
Nova (fairy), a fictional character on the U.S. TV series Once Upon a Time
Nova (Planet of the Apes), a fictional 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, a fictional character in Star Blazers
Nova (Ultra monster)
Nova 6, a fictional biochemical weapon in Call of Duty: Black Ops
NOVA, a Kirby Super Star character
Nova, a Magic Knight Rayearth character
Nova, a Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! character
Weapon of Mass Destruction Nova, a Mirai Sentai Timeranger character

Games
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

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

Albums and songs
Nova (Atargatis album), 2007
Nova (Rajaton album), 2000
"Nova" (The Sound of Arrows song), a single by Swedish duo The Sound of Arrows
Nova (RL Grime album), 2018

Periodicals
Nova (Brazilian magazine), a monthly feminine magazine published by Abril and part of the international Cosmopolitan group
Nova (UK magazine), a British magazine, 1965–75
Nova Science Fiction, a Swedish magazine for science fiction

Radio
Nova (radio network), a group of Australian radio stations
Nova M Radio, an American radio network
Radio Nova (disambiguation), several radio stations

Television
Television channels
Nova TV (disambiguation), various television channels

Television series
Nova (Dutch TV program), a current-events program
Nova (American TV program), an American science documentary series on PBS

Organizations
Companies
Nova Bus, a Canadian bus manufacturer
Nova Chemicals, a company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Nova Energy, a subsidiary of New Zealand company Todd Corporation
Nova Entertainment, an Australian company
Nova (Greece), a Greek telecommunications company
Nova (Iceland), an Icelandic telecommunications company
Nova Information Systems, former name of credit card transaction firm Elavon
Nova Performance Paragliders, an Austrian paraglider manufacturer
Nova Systems, Australian engineering and technology company who run the Peterborough, South Australia#Nova Systems Space Precinct

Political parties
New Majority (Slovakia)
New Serb Democracy, Montenegro
New Party (Serbia)

Other entities
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

Science and technology
NOVA (filesystem), a Linux filesystem
NOVA (food classification), system based on the nature, extent and purpose of industrial food processing
Nova (laser), high-power 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
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.

Transportation
SS Nova, a Cypriot cargo ship in service 1969–1971
Nova, a brand of train cars used by TransPennine Express
Nova Bus, a Canadian bus manufacturer

Airlines
Air Nova, a Canadian airline from 1986 to 2001
Nova Airways, a passenger airline based in Khartoum, Sudan, founded in 2000

Cars
Nova (kit car)
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

Schools
United States
Northern Virginia Community College, Virginia, also known as NoVa
Nova High School (Redding, California), a public high school from 1967 to 1991
Nova High School, Florida
Nova Southeastern University, Florida
The Nova Project, an alternative high school in Washington

Elsewhere
Nova (eikaiwa), an English language conversation school in Japan
NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal, also known as NOVA

Other uses
Benelli Nova, a pump-action shotgun
Nova Institution for Women, a Canadian federal women's prison
Nova Scotia salmon or Nova lox, a variant of lox

See also

Novum (plural Nova), scientifically plausible innovations used by science fiction narratives
Novak, a surname and a given name
Novae (disambiguation)
Novas (disambiguation)
Nõva (disambiguation)
Nove (disambiguation)
Novi (disambiguation)
Novo (disambiguation)
Novus (disambiguation)
Novy (disambiguation)
All pages with titles beginning with Nova
All pages with titles containing Nova