Deva
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Religion
- Deva (Buddhism), a superhuman being in traditional Buddhist cosmology
- Deva (Hinduism), a favorable supernatural entity in Hinduism
- Deva (New Age), spiritual forces or beings behind nature
- Deva people of Sri Lankan mythology
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Places
- Deva, Romania, a city in Hunedoara county, Romanian
- Deva (river), a river in Northern Spain, between Asturias and Cantabria
- Deva (Gijón), a district in Asturias, Spain
- Deva Victrix, a Roman fortress and town, now Chester, England
- Deva Stadium, a football stadium in Chester named after the city's Roman name
- River Dee, Aberdeenshire by Roman name
- River Dee, Galloway by Roman name
- River Dee, Wales by Roman name
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Given name
- Deva Bandhumasena (1891–1944), Thai military officer
- Deva Katta, Indian-born American citizen filmmaker
- Deva Premal (born in 1970), German musician
- Deva Raya II (reigned 1424–1446), emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire
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Surname
- Deva dynasty (c.12th-13th century), Hindu dynasty of Bengal
- Deva (music director), Indian film composer and singer
- A.N Prabhu Deva, Indian academic
- Bhattakalanka Deva (fl. 1604) Kannada grammarian
- Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva (1797–1816), King of Nepal
- Mukul Deva (born c. 1960), Indian English author
- Narendra Deva (1889–1956), Indian politician
- Nirj Deva (born 1948), United Kingdom politician
- Prabhu Deva (born 1973), South Indian actor, dancer, and movie director
- Ramachandra Deva, Indian Kannada poet, writer and playwright
- Sarah Jezebel Deva or Sarah Jane Ferridge (born 1977), British vocalist
- Srikanth Deva, Indian music director
- Terra Deva, American musician
- Xhafer Deva (1904-1978), Albanian politician
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Pop culture
- Deva (film), a 1994 Tamil movie
- Devas or Aasimar, fictional race in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
- Devas, characters in Digimon Tamers
- Devas, race In computer game Rappelz
- Devas, faction in the PlayStation game Chrono Cross
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Other uses
- DeVa, or Demokraattinen Vaihtoehto, Democratic Alternative (Finland) a Finnish Communist party
- CA Deva, football cub in Cantabria, Spain
- Deva (moth), a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family
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See also
- Daeva, an unfavorable supernatural entity in Zoroastrianism
- Dev (disambiguation)
- Devas (disambiguation)
- Diva (disambiguation)
- Dewa (disambiguation) (disambiguation)
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