Boa Explained

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
• Biuro Operacji Antyterrorystycznych (Bureau of Anti-terrorist Operations), the anti-terrorist arm of the Polish state police
• 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 eponymous debut English album for South Korean singer BoA
• Boa (album), the eponymous debut album of Croatian band Boa
• Boa (Croatian band), a Croatian and former Yugoslav music group
• Boa (Russian band), a Russian music group in Jazz/Easy-listening/Latino style
• "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

See also

• Aboa (disambiguation)