From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Deva can refer to:

A religious concept:

• Deva (Hinduism), Hindu deity or deities
• Deva (Buddhism), a superhuman being in traditional Buddhist cosmology
• Deva (New Age), spiritual forces or beings behind nature
• Daeva, an unfavorable supernatural entity in Zoroastrianism

A place:

• Deva, Romania, a Romanian city in Hunedoara county
• Deva (river), a river in Northern Spain, between Asturias and Cantabria
• Deva Victrix, a Roman fortress and town of Chester in England
• River Dee, Wales by Roman name
• Chester by Roman name
• Chester City FC's Deva Stadium, a football stadium named after the city's Roman name
• River Dee, Aberdeenshire by Roman name
• River Dee, Galloway by Roman name
• Deba, a town in Spain, called Deva in Spanish

A person:

• Deva (music director), South Asian music director
• Prabhu Deva Sundaram, a South Indian actor, dancer, and movie director
• Sarah Jezebel Deva, stage name of vocalist Sarah Jane Ferridge

Other uses of 'Deva' include:

• Deva (film), a Tamil movie from 1994
• DeVa, Demokraattinen Vaihtoehto, a Finnish Communist party of 1986–1990
• Devas The beast guardians from Digimon Tamers inspired by the Chinese zodiac
• Devas, also known as "aasimar," are a fictional race of humanoids with celestial or angelic ancestors in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
• Deva people of Sri Lanka, an ethnic group in Sri Lanka

See also

• Devas (disambiguation)
• Diva (disambiguation)

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From Wikitravel

Deva is a city in central Romania. It's the capital of Hunedoara county.

Get in

By train

There are direct international trains from Vienna ( 9 1/2 hours), Prague (17 hours) and Budapest (6 hours).

There are eight trains daily from Timisoara, seven from Bucharest, five from Cluj-Napoca and Brasov. Check timetables on infofer.ro.

• Cetatea Deva (Deva Citadel) -an impressive medieval fortress (built in the 13th century and unfortunately, partially blown up in 1849) located on a hill overlooking the city;
• Colt fortress, near Deva. Located in the village Suseni.
• Malaiesti fortress in the village Salasu de Sus.
• Corvinesti Castle in central Hunedoara.

From LoveToKnow 1911

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• Deva, Britain
• Deva (Mythology)

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Serbian

Etymology

From deva (maiden).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Deva f. sg. (pl.: Deve)

1. Virgo
2. Virgin Mary
3. Our Lady

Cyrillic spelling

• Дева

Synonyms

• Deva Marija
• Sveta Marija