ROA

ROA can refer to:

  • Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, in the United Kingdom
  • Removable Orthodontic Appliance, a type of tooth-straightening device
  • The IATA code for Roanoke Regional Airport in Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
  • Return on assets, a financial metric
  • Russian Liberation Army, acronym in Latin script is ROA
  • Real Options Analysis
  • Reserve Officers Association
  • Raman Optical Activity spectroscopy
  • Rutgers Optimality Archive, managed by Eric Bakovic
  • Roaccutane
  • Resource Oriented Architecture
  • Spelling reform of the Armenian language 1922–1924
  • Route of administration
  • Rules of Acquisition
  • Right occiput anterior
  • X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse video/computer game
  • ROA (or Roa), pseudonym of a Belgian graffiti artist, known for his large realistic depictions of animals in black-and-white.

Famous quotes containing the word roa:

    Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another.
    —Augusto Roa Bastos (b. 1917)