- Biwa (disambiguation)
Biwa may refer to:
*Biwa , a Japanese traditional musical instrument, a short-necked fretted lute
*Lake Biwa , a lake in Shiga Prefecture, Japan
*Biwa trout , is an anadromous fish in thesalmon family. It isenzootic to Lake Biwa.
*Loquat , a fruit tree in the subfamily Maloideae of the family Rosaceae, indigenous to southeastern China (called "biwa" in Japanese)
*BIWA is the acronym for Business intelligence,Warehousing and Analytics group, also called the [http://OracleBIWA.org The Oracle BIWA SIG] . This is a non-profit group of people seeking more knowledge in the field of data warehousing and Business Intelligence related analytical solutions. This group was launched in Oct 2006 and now has 260+ members. The group meets via webcasts and about twice a year in person via conferences.
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