PVA may refer to:

Science and technology

  • Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus, a part of the brain
  • Patterned vertical alignment, a thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display technology
  • Poikiloderma vasculare atrophicans, a skin disease
  • Polyvinyl acetate, an adhesive used for porous materials like wood, paper, and cloth
  • Polyvinyl alcohol, a water-soluble synthetic polymer
  • Population viability analysis, a risk-assessment method used in conservation biology
  • Positive vorticity advection in meteorology
  • Potato virus A, an agricultural disease

Other uses

  • Paralyzed Veterans of America, a veterans' service organization
  • Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, in Houston, Texas, U.S.
  • Perkiomen Valley Academy, in Pennsylvania, U.S.
  • People's Volunteer Army, the Chinese armed forces active during the Korean War
  • El Embrujo Airport, in Providencia Island, Colombia, IATA code PVA
  • PVA (band), English music band
  • Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch professional footballer

See also