Deva

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Deva can refer to:

A religious concept:

• Deva (Hinduism), Hindu deity or deities
• Deva (Buddhism), a superhuman being in traditional Buddhist cosmology
• Deva (New Age), spiritual forces or beings behind nature
• Daeva, an unfavorable supernatural entity in Zoroastrianism

A place:

• Deva, Romania, a Romanian city in Hunedoara county
• Deva River, a river in Northern Spain, between Asturias and Cantabria
• Deva Victrix, a Roman fortress and town of Chester in England
• River Dee, Wales by Roman name
• Chester by Roman name
• Chester City FC's Deva Stadium, a football stadium named after the city's Roman name
• River Dee, Aberdeenshire by Roman name
• River Dee, Galloway by Roman name
• Deba, a town in Spain, called Deva in Spanish

A person:

• Deva (music director), South Asian music director
• Prabhu Deva Sundaram, a South Indian actor, dancer, and movie director

Other uses of 'Deva' include:

• Deva (film), a Tamil movie from 1994
• DeVa, Demokraattinen Vaihtoehto, a Finnish Communist party of 1986–1990
• Devas The beast guardians from Digimon Tamers inspired by the Chinese zodiac
• Devas, also known as "aasimar," are a fictional race of humanoids with celestial or angelic ancestors in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
• Diva (disambiguation)

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