Homa
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Homa may refer to:
  • Homa
    Homa (ritual)
    Homa is a Sanskrit word which refers to any ritual in which making offerings into a consecrated fire is the primary action...

    , a religious practise in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, involving making offerings into a consecrated fire.
  • Homa bird, a creature of Eastern fable
  • Homa F.C., a professional league football club based in Tehran, Iran
  • Homeostatic model assessment
    Homeostatic model assessment
    The homeostatic model assessment is a method used to quantify insulin resistance and beta-cell function. It was first described under the name HOMA by Matthews et al. in 1985.-Derivation:...

    , a medical formula for quantifying insulin resistance
  • Homa Bay
    Homa Bay
    Homa Bay is a bay and town on the south shore of Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, in western Kenya. It lies near Mount Homa and Ruma National Park, the latter noted for Jackson's hartebeests and roan antelope .Homa Bay was once the District...

    , a town and a bay on the shore of Lake Victoria in Kenya
  • Homa Mountain, a volcano near Homa Bay
  • Harmonic Oscillator Model of Aromaticity, a method for quantifying aromaticity
  • Homa, Ethiopia
  • Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
    Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
    Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is a district of Montreal, Quebec, situated on the eastern half of the island, generally to the south and south-west of the city's Olympic Stadium. A part of the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, its borders are roughly rue Moreau to the west, rue Sherbrooke to the...

    , a district in Montreal
  • Homa, Iran
    Homa, Iran
    Homa is a village in Farsesh Rural District, in the Central District of Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 451, in 80 families....

    , a village in Lorestan Province
  • A popular female Persian name
    Persian name
    A Persian or Iranian name consists of a given name, sometimes more than one, and a surname.-Given names:Names used in Iran not necessarily from Persian origin....

  • Homa TV, a Iranian TV channel
  • Iran Air
    Iran Air
    Iran Air , formally Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the flag carrier airline of Iran, operating services to 60 destinations, 35 international and 25 domestic. The cargo fleet operates services to 20 scheduled and 5 charter destinations...

    's acronym, in Persian-language
  • Homa Darabi
    Homa Darabi
    Homa Darabi was a pediatrician from Iran licensed to practice medicine in New Jersey, New York, and California. She returned to Iran in 1976 to serve as a psychiatrist. After the Islamic Revolution, Islamic authorities shut down her office because she had refused to wear the chador...

     foundation, founded by Parvin Darabi

See also

  • Haoma
    Haoma
    Haoma is the Avestan language name of a plant and its divinity, both of which play a role in Zoroastrian doctrine and in later Persian culture and mythology. The Middle Persian form of the name is hōm, which continues to be the name in Modern Persian and other living Iranian languages.Sacred haoma...

    , Avestan language name of a plant and its divinity.
  • Huma (disambiguation)
    Huma (disambiguation)
    Huma may refer to:* HUMA, the Canadian house of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities * Huma bird, a creature of Eastern fable...

    , which has several different meanings.
  • Houma (disambiguation), which has several different meanings.
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