Roa (disambiguation)

May refer to:

Places

• Roa, Spanish municipality located in the province of Burgos.
• Hanga Roa, Chilean town located on Easter Island.

Last Name

• Roa, coming from the ancient Hebrew word ה (ruaj) which means spirit. Related to the Greek expression πνε μα (pneuma-) that translates spirit, breath, halito, wind.

People

• Augusto Roa BastosParaguayan writer.
• José María Roa BárcenaMexican writer.
• Juan Roa Sierra, a person who has been considered the murderer of the Colombian political leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán on April 9, 1948.
• Carlos Roa Argentine soccer player.
• José RoaChilean lawyer.
• ROA, street artist and Belgian graffiti artist.

Fish

• Roa, genus of the Chaetodontidae family, composed of 4 species:
  • modest Roa;
  • Roa excelsa;
  • Roa jayakari:
  • Roa australis.

Acronyms

• Russian Liberation Army (in Russian):Russkaya Osvoboditel'naya Armiya, ROA), army that fought alongside the Nazis during the Second World War.
• Return of investment (in English): Return on assets, ROA), economic or asset profitability.
• Royal Navy Institute and Observatory from Spain.
• Motorcycles and motorbikes ROA (initiates of Rafael Onieva Ariza)