Homa

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Homa may refer to:

Places

Ethiopia

  • Homa (woreda), a district in Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Kenya

  • Homa Bay, a town and a bay on the shore of Lake Victoria in Kenya
  • Homa Mountain, a volcano near Homa Bay, Kenya

Iran

  • Chal Homa, Markazi, Iran
  • Homa, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran
  • Homa-ye Bala (disambiguation), places in Iran
  • Homag (disambiguation), various places in Iran
  • Homay, Iran (disambiguation), various places in Iran

Israel

  • Har Homa, East Jerusalem neighborhood, Israel

United States

  • Homa Hills, Wyoming
  • La Homa, Texas, U.S.

People

People with the given name Homa

  • Homa Arjomand (born 1952), Iranian political activist
  • Homa Darabi (1994–1940), Iranian pediatrician, academic, and political activist
  • Homa Vafaie Farley, Iranian-born potter and ceramist
  • Homa Hoodfar, Canadian-Iranian sociocultural anthropologist
  • Homa Katouzian (born 1942), Iranian economist, historian, sociologist and literary critic
  • Homa Mirafshar (born 1946), Iranian-born American poet and songwriter
  • Homa Nategh (1934–2016), Iranian historian
  • Homa Sarshar (born 1946), Iranian-American author, activist, media personality
  • Homa Shaibany (born c. 1913), Iranian surgeon, first female surgeon in Iran
  • Homa Rousta (1946–2015), Iranian film and stage actress

People with the surname Homa

  • Bernard Homa (1900–1991), British medical doctor and politician
  • Max Homa (born 1990), American professional golfer on the PGA Tour
  • Peter Homa, British health service manager

Musical groups

Other uses

  • Homa (ritual), a religious practice in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, involving making offerings into a consecrated fire
  • Homa (genus), an insect genus in the tribe Empoascini
  • Homa (mythology), a bird creature of Persian mythology
  • Another spelling for Haoma in Zoroastrianism
  • Homa F.C., a professional league football club based in Tehran, Iran
  • Homeostatic model assessment, a medical formula for quantifying insulin resistance
  • Harmonic Oscillator Model of Aromaticity, a method for quantifying aromaticity
  • Iran Air's acronym, in Persian-language
  • Homa Darabi foundation, founded by Parvin Darabi
  • Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, neighborhood of Montreal, Canada colloquially known as "HoMa" in short form
  • Staff of Homa (Chinese: 护摩之杖), a polearm weapon in the RPG game Genshin Impact
  • Viraja Homa, Hindu fire-sacrifice ceremony

See also

Look up Homa or homa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  • Haoma, the Avestan-language name of a plant and its divinity
  • Huma (disambiguation), which has several different meanings
  • Houma (disambiguation), which has several different meanings
  • Homam (disambiguation)
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