| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| NOVA | Northern Virginia Community College |
| NOVA | Northern Virginia |
| NOVA | National Organization for Victim Assistance |
| NOVA | Normverbrauchsabgabe (Austrian tax) |
| NOVA | Nederlandse Orde Van Advocaten (Dutch: Dutch Bar Association; est. 1952) |
| NOVA | Notification of Vehicle Arrivals (UK Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs) |
| NOVA | Network of Victim Assistance |
| NOVA | National Office for Victims of Abuse (Ireland) |
| NOVA | National Organization of Veterans' Advocates |
| NOVA | Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs |
| NOVA | Nuovi Orizzonti Per Vivere l'Adozione (Italian adoption agency) |
| NOVA | Non-Violence Alliance (Middletown, CT) |
| NOVA | Nova, Omega, Ventura, Apollo (General Motors) |
| NOVA | ProteiN, LigaNd and DNA Optimization in Vacuo (molecular modeling force field) |
| NOVA | Nearing Our Victorious Ascent (Christian Music Ministry Group) |
| NOVA | NASA Open Volumes on Aerospace |