Soya

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Soya can mean:

  • Soya bean, or soybean, a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean
  • Sōya District, Hokkaido, a district located in the Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Soya Group, a Swedish corporate group including the Wallenius Lines, Wallfast and Wallenius Water companies
  • Soya sauce, a fermented sauce made from soybeans, roasted grain, water and salt
  • Sōya Subprefecture, a subprefecture of the Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
  • Sōya (icebreaker), a Japanese icebreaker
  • MV Soya VII, a Swedish coastal tanker
  • Soya3D, a high-level three-dimensional rendering engine for the Python programming language

See also

  • Sōya Main Line, a railway line in Hokkaido, Japan
  • Sōya Strait, or La Pérouse Strait, the strait between Hokkaido and Sakhalin
  • Cape Sōya, situated in Wakkanai, the northernmost point of the island of Hokkaido, Japan
  • Yelena Soya (born 1981), Russian synchro-swimmer

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