What is "pava"

Pava or PAVA may refer to:

• Intelligence and Public Security Police of Iran
• Pava (now Fazilnagar), a city in ancient India, which Buddha visited during his last journey
• Pava, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
• Pava (Puerto Rico), a hat related to the Jibaro of Puerto Rico
• Pawapuri (or Pava), a holy site for Jains in Bihar, India, where Mahavira attained Nirvana
• Pacific American Volunteer Association
• Pelargonic acid vanillylamide or Nonivamide
  • PAVA spray
• Chevak Airport (ICAO location indicator: PAVA), in Chevak, Alaska, United States
• Pool adjacent violators algorithm, an algorithm for one-dimensional isotonic regression.

The pava is a straw hat made out of the leaves of the Puerto Rican hat palm. It is normally associated with the Puerto Rican jíbaro and with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).