Boa, BoA, or BOA may refer to:

Snakes

  • Any member of the Boidae, a family of medium to large, non-venomous, constricting snakes
  • Any member of the Boinae, a subfamily of boid snakes
  • Any member of Boa (genus), a group of boid snakes
  • Any member of the Bolyeriidae, a.k.a. Round Island boas, a small family of non-venomous snakes from Mauritius and nearby islands
  • Any member of the Tropidophiidae, a.k.a. dwarf boas, a family of non-venomous snakes found in Central America, South
  • A common name for Boa constrictor

Organisations

  • Bank of America, a large American banking and financial services company
  • Bank of Africa, a multinational bank
  • Boliviana de Aviación (BoA), a Bolivian state airline
  • Boun Oum Airways, a defunct Laotian Airline
  • British Octopush Association, which is the controlling body for underwater hockey in the United Kingdom
  • British Olympic Association, which oversees Britain's participation in the Olympic Games
  • British Optical Association
  • British Orthopaedic Association
  • (Bureau of Anti-terrorist Operations), the anti-terrorist arm of the Police of Poland
  • Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivleri (The Prime Minister's Ottoman Archives), one of the main Ottoman archives in İstanbul, Turkey

Music

  • Bôa, a rock band formed in London in 1993
  • Bands of America, an organization that arranges high school marching band competitions
  • Black Oak Arkansas, an American rock band
  • Bloodstock Open Air, a British hard rock and extreme metal festival
  • BoA (album), the debut English by the South Korean singer BoA
  • Boa (album), the debut album by the Croatian band Boa
  • Boa (Croatian band), a Croatian and former Yugoslav music group
  • "Boa" (song), a song by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion

Film

  • New Alcatraz, also known as Boa, a 2001 direct-to-video B-horror film
  • Boa... Nguu yak!, a 2006 Thai horror film also known as Boa

People with the name Boa

  • BoA (born 1986), South Korean singer
  • Boa Sr. (1925–2010), last native speaker of the Aka-Bo language
  • Kim Boa (born 1987), South Korean singer, member of the girl group Spica
  • Phillip Boa (born 1962), German musician
  • Luís Boa Morte, Portuguese footballer whose family name is Boa Morte
  • Boa (wrestler), Chinese professional wrestler
  • Ryan Boa, Canadian drag queen also known as BOA (Bitch On Arrival)

Other

  • Boa (clothing accessory), a type of scarf, typically made of synthetic or real feathers
  • Boa (web server), a small-footprint web server
  • Boa, Cagdianao, a barangay in the Philippines
  • Boa Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
  • Boa Island, in Northern Ireland
  • Born-Oppenheimer Approximation, an approximation used in quantum chemistry and molecular physics
  • Boa Hancock, a character in the manga One Piece

See also

  • Aboa (disambiguation)