Alva

Alva may refer to:

Places

• Alva, Clackmannanshire, a burgh in Scotland
• Alva, Florida, a town in the United States
• Alva, Oklahoma, a city in the United States
• Alva, Wyoming, a community in the United States
• Halva or alva, a sweet made of flour
• Alva (river), a river in Portugal
• Alva River, a river in Estonia

People

• Luigi Alva, Peruvian opera singer
• Tony Alva, pioneering skateboarder
  • founder of Alva Skates
• Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Alva, Thomas Edison's middle name

Note

Alva is a surname in South Kanara district of Karnataka shared by the Bunt and Jain communities. As also Konkani speaking Catholics in North Canara and South Canara districts

Other uses

• Alva (1913 automobile)
• Alva (grape), an alternative name for the Portuguese wine grape Roupeiro

See also

• The noble House of Alba (Alva)
  • References to the "Duke of Alva" often refer to Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba

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