What is "gavia"

Gavia may refer to:

• Gavia, the genus to which the loons belong
• Gavia Pass, in the Italian Alps
• Monte Gavia, a mountain of Lombardy, Italy
• La Gavia, Guanajuato, Mexico, a populated place
• USS Gavia (AM-363), a World War II U.S. Navy minesweeper
• Gavia, an Ancient Roman gens or family (see Gavius)
• La Gavia, a station on Line 1 (Madrid Metro)

The gens Gavia, or occasionally Gabia, was a Roman family of plebeian descent. It first appears in history during the first century BC, but none of its members obtained any of the curule magistracies until imperial times. The Gavi Arch at Verona was built in honor of one of the Gavii.