IGA

Iga (as a word) or IGA (as an acronym with different capitalizations) may stand for:

As a word

Places

• Iga, Mie, a city in Mie Prefecture, Honshū island, Japan
• Iga Province, an old province of Japan in the area that is today western Mie Prefecture
• Iga Idunganran, the official residence of the Oba (king) of Lagos

People

• a female given name of Polish origin, a diminutive for Jadwiga
• Iga Cembrzyńska, a Polish actress
• Iga Wyrwał (also known as Eva or Eve), a Polish glamour model
• Koji Igarashi (nicknamed IGA), a video game producer, known for his involvement with the Castlevania series

Other

• 8300 Iga (previously 1994 AO2), a main-belt asteroid
• Iga-ryū (literally “the Iga School”), a school of ninjutsu

As an acronym

Companies and organizations

• IGA (supermarkets) (initially Independent Grocers Alliance), a name used by many independent supermarkets throughout the world
  • IGA (Australian supermarket group), the local Australian variant of the international IGA
• International Island Games Association, an organization that organizes the Island Games (a friendly competition between teams from several islands and other small territories)
• International Grenfell Association, an organization providing health care, education, religious and other services to the fishermen and coastal communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Interscope-Geffen-A&M, an American record label
• 'General Assembly, the legislative branch of the state government of states in USA:
  • Iowa General Assembly
  • Illinois General Assembly
  • Indiana General Assembly
• Irish Games Association, a non-profit body which is dedicated to promoting gaming in Ireland

Science and technology

• Immunoglobulin A (IgA), an antibody playing a critical role in mucosal immunity
• Intergranular attack, another term for intergranular corrosion (a form of corrosion where the boundaries of crystallites of the material are more susceptible to corrosion than their insides)

Other

• In-game advertising, the use of computer and video games as a medium in which to deliver advertising
• International Gamers Award, an award for strategy board games and historical simulation games
• Islamic Golden Age, a period in the history of the Muslim world