Riva Explained

Riva may refer to:

People

• Riva (surname)
• Riva Castleman (1930–2014), American art historian, art curator and author
• Riva Ganguly Das (born 1961), Indian diplomat
• Riva (footballer), Brazilian former footballer Rivadávio Alves Pereira (born 1944)
• Riva Taylor, professional name of English singer/songwriter Rebecca Jane Grosvenor-Taylor
• A diminutive of Rebecca (given name)

Places

• Riva, Istanbul, a village in Istanbul Province, Turkey
• Riva, Maryland, a census-designated place in the United States
• Riva del Garda, a town and comune in northern Italy

In music

• Riva Records, a record label
• Riva (band), a former Croatian band
• An alternative name used by Dutch producing duo Zki & Dobre
• "Riva (Restart the Game)", a 2015 song by Klingande featuring Broken Back

In business

• Riva, an Italian yachtbuilding company, part of the Ferretti Group as of 2000
• Gruppo Riva, an Italian steel company
• Lada Riva, an automobile
• Riva Fashion, a fashion brand in the Middle East
• Riva Verlag, a German book publisher

Other uses

• RIVA, a line of graphics cards made by Nvidia Corporation
• Riva Ridge, winner of the 1972 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, stablemate to Triple Crown winner Secretariat
• Riva (Star Trek), a deaf and mute fictional character in Star Trek
• "Croatian: riva", a Croatian term for "Italian: [[riviera]]"