Homa

Homa may refer to:

Places

Ethiopia

• Homa (woreda), a district in Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Kenya

• Homa Bay, a town and a bay on the shore of Lake Victoria in Kenya
• Homa Mountain, a volcano near Homa Bay, Kenya

Iran

• Chal Homa, Markazi, Iran
• Homa, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran
• Homa-ye Bala (disambiguation), places in Iran
• Homag (disambiguation), various places in Iran
• Homay, Iran (disambiguation), various places in Iran

Israel

• Har Homa, East Jerusalem neighborhood, Israel

United States

• Homa Hills, Wyoming
• La Homa, Texas, U.S.

People

Given name

• Homa Arjomand (born 1952), Iranian political activist
• Homa Darabi (1940–1994), Iranian pediatrician, academic, and political activist
• Homa Vafaie Farley, Iranian-born potter and ceramist
• Homa Hoodfar, Canadian-Iranian sociocultural anthropologist
• Homa Hosseini (born 1988), Iranian rower
• Homa Katouzian (born 1942), Iranian economist, historian, sociologist and literary critic
• Homa Mirafshar (1937–2026), Iranian-born American poet and songwriter
• Homa Nategh (1934–2016), Iranian historian
• Homa J. Porter (1896–1986), American businessman and political activist
• Homa Rousta (1946–2015), Iranian film and stage actress
• Homa Sarshar (born 1946), Iranian-American author, activist, media personality
• Homa Sayar (born 1947), Iranian poet
• Homa Shaibany (1913–??), Iranian surgeon, first female surgeon in Iran

Surname

• Ava Homa (born 1981), Iranian Kurdish writer, journalist, and educator
• Bernard Homa (1900–1991), British medical doctor and politician
• Max Homa (born 1990), American professional golfer on the PGA Tour
• Peter Homa, British health service manager

Musical groups

• Stay Homas
• Tex La Homa

Other uses

• Homa (ritual), a religious practice in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, involving making offerings into a consecrated fire
• Homa (genus), an insect genus in the tribe Empoascini
• Homa (mythology), a bird creature of Persian mythology
• Homa language, an extinct Bantu language of South Sudan
• Another spelling for Haoma in Zoroastrianism
• Homeostatic model assessment, a medical formula for quantifying insulin resistance
• Harmonic Oscillator Model of Aromaticity, a method for quantifying aromaticity
• Iran Air's acronym, in Persian-language
• Homa Darabi foundation, founded by Parvin Darabi
• Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, neighborhood of Montreal, Canada colloquially known as "HoMa" in short form
• Staff of Homa (Chinese: 护摩之杖), a polearm weapon in the RPG game Genshin Impact
• Viraja Homa, Hindu fire-sacrifice ceremony

See also

• Haoma, the Avestan-language name of a plant and its divinity
• Huma (disambiguation), which has several different meanings
• Houma (disambiguation), which has several different meanings
• Homam (disambiguation)