Aqua

Aqua (Latin for water) stands for

  • Aqua (album), album by the English band Asia
  • Aqua (band), Danish band
  • Aqua (Chicago), skyscraper in Chicago
  • Aqua (macOS), graphical user interface of the operating system Mac OS X/OS X/macOS from Apple.
  • Aqua (manga), manga series by Kozue Amano
  • Aqua, Italian music project, see Milky
  • Aqua (satellite), NASA research satellite
  • Aquamarine, abbreviation
  • the INCI designation for water
  • Aqua (Pennsylvania), town in Franklin County
  • Aqua Fria Creek, stream in Dallam County, Texas.
  • Aqua Ramon Creek, stream in Rio Grande County, Colorado.
  • Aqua Run, watercourse in Henry County, Indiana
  • Aqua Caliente Mine, mine in Tuolumne County, California


In Roman antiquity, the singular aqua
 was used to refer to aqueducts:

  • Aqua Alexandrina, today Acqua Felice
  • Aqua Alsietina, also Aqua Augusta
  • Aqua Appia
  • Aqua Augusta, see Serino aqueduct
  • Aqua Caerulea
  • Aqua Curtia
  • Aqua Marcia, see also Aqua Augusta
  • Aqua Traiana, today Fontana Paola
  • Aqua Virgo


The plural aquae was used in Roman antiquity, with appropriate additions, to designate places with (thermal) springs and spas:

  • Aquae (Baden-Baden)
  • Aquae, today Baden (Lower Austria)
  • Aquae, today Călan
  • Aquae Albulae, headwaters 6 km west of Tivoli in Italy
  • Aquae Apollinares, today Canale Monterano
  • Aquae Apollinares Novae, today Vicarello near Bracciano in Italy
  • Aquae Arnemetiae, today Buxton (Derbyshire)
  • Aquae Balissae, today Daruvar in Croatia
  • Aquae Bilbilitanorum, see Bilbilis
  • Aquae Bormonis, today Bourbon-Lancy
  • Aquae Calidae, several places
  • Aquae Caeretanae, Piano della Carlotta, west of Sasso in Italy
  • Aquae Convenarum, today Capvern in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France
  • Aquae Cutiliae, mineral spring in the territory of the Sabines on the Via Salaria, between today's Cittaducale and Castel Sant'Angelo in Latium
  • Aquae Dacicae, 20 km southeast of present-day Sidi Slimane in the Moroccan province of Kénitra.
  • Aquae Flaviae, today Chaves (Portugal)
  • Aquae Flavianae, today Hammam Essalihine in the province of Khenchela in Algeria, see also list of Roman domes and list of the largest domes of their time
  • Aquae Granni, today Aachen
  • Aquae Gratianae, also Aquae Allobrogium, today Aix-les-Bains
  • Aquae Helveticae, today Baden AG
  • Aquae Iasae, today Varaždinske Toplice in Croatia
  • Aquae Labanae, today Bagni di Grotta Marozza near Monterotondo (Latium) in Italy
  • Aquae Mattiacorum, today Wiesbaden
  • Aquae Neapolitanae, today Bagni di Sardara near Sardara
  • Aquae Neri, today Néris-les-Bains
  • Aquae Passeris, west of Viterbo
  • Aquae Patavinae, today Abano Terme
  • Aquae Persianae, today Hammam-Lif
  • Aquae Segestanae, today Terme Segestane near Castellammare del Golfo in Sicily
  • Aquae Segetae, Sceaux-du-Gâtinais in the Loiret department in France
  • Aquae Sextiae, today Aix-en-Provence
  • Aquae Siccae, near today's Cazères in the department of Haute-Garonne in France
  • Aquae Sinuessanae, today Bagni Solfurei near Mondragone (Campania)
  • Aquae Statiellae, today Acqui Terme
  • Aquae Sulis, today Bath
  • Aquae Sulphurae, today Ilidža in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Aquae Tacapitanae, today El Hamma (Gabès)
  • Aquae Tarbellicae, today Dax
  • Aquae Tauri, today Terme Taurine, northeast of Civitavecchia
  • Aquae Thibilitanae, today Hammam Meskhoutine, 15 km west of Guelma in Algeria
  • Aquae Villae, see Badenweiler

This includes the following titular bishoprics of the Roman Catholic Church:

  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae Albae in Byzacena
  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae Albae in Mauretania
  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae Flaviae
  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae in Byzacena
  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae in Dacia
  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae in Mauretania
  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae in Numidia
  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae in Proconsulari
  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae Novae in Numidia
  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari
  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae Regiae
  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae Sirenses
  • Titular Bishopric of Aquae Thibilitanae


See also:


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