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Homa may refer to:
Places
Ethiopia
- Homa (woreda), a district in Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Kenya
- Homa Bay, a town and a bay on the shore of Lake Victoria in Kenya
- Homa Mountain, a volcano near Homa Bay, Kenya
Iran
- Chal Homa, Markazi, Iran
- Homa, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran
- Homa-ye Bala (disambiguation), places in Iran
- Homag (disambiguation), various places in Iran
- Homay, Iran (disambiguation), various places in Iran
Israel
- Har Homa, East Jerusalem neighborhood, Israel
United States
People
People with the given name Homa
- Homa Arjomand (born 1952), Iranian political activist
- Homa Darabi (1994–1940), Iranian pediatrician, academic, and political activist
- Homa Vafaie Farley, Iranian-born potter and ceramist
- Homa Hoodfar, Canadian-Iranian sociocultural anthropologist
- Homa Katouzian (born 1942), Iranian economist, historian, sociologist and literary critic
- Homa Mirafshar (born 1946), Iranian-born American poet and songwriter
- Homa Nategh (1934–2016), Iranian historian
- Homa Sarshar (born 1946), Iranian-American author, activist, media personality
- Homa Shaibany (born c. 1913), Iranian surgeon, first female surgeon in Iran
- Homa Rousta (1946–2015), Iranian film and stage actress
People with the surname Homa
- Bernard Homa (1900–1991), British medical doctor and politician
- Max Homa (born 1990), American professional golfer on the PGA Tour
- Peter Homa, British health service manager
Musical groups
Other uses
- Homa (ritual), a religious practice in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, involving making offerings into a consecrated fire
- Homa (genus), an insect genus in the tribe Empoascini
- Homa (mythology), a bird creature of Persian mythology
- Another spelling for Haoma in Zoroastrianism
- Homa F.C., a professional league football club based in Tehran, Iran
- Homeostatic model assessment, a medical formula for quantifying insulin resistance
- Harmonic Oscillator Model of Aromaticity, a method for quantifying aromaticity
- Iran Air's acronym, in Persian-language
- Homa Darabi foundation, founded by Parvin Darabi
- Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, neighborhood of Montreal, Canada colloquially known as "HoMa" in short form
- Staff of Homa (Chinese: 护摩之杖), a polearm weapon in the RPG game Genshin Impact
- Viraja Homa, Hindu fire-sacrifice ceremony
See also
- Haoma, the Avestan-language name of a plant and its divinity
- Huma (disambiguation), which has several different meanings
- Houma (disambiguation), which has several different meanings
- Homam (disambiguation)
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