# Gaia (disambiguation)

Gaia (also spelled Gaea) is a primordial deity and the personification of the Earth in Greek mythology.
Gaia or Gaea may also refer to:

## Environmentalism

* Gaia hypothesis, concerns the stability of Earth's natural systems
* Gaia philosophy, the concept that living organisms will improve their environment
* Gaia, the Earth in Gaianism

## Science and technology

* Gaea (crater), crater on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter
* 1184 Gaea, a minor planet in the main asteroid belt
* Gaia, an alternative name for the early Earth
* Gaia spacecraft, European space mission launched in 2013
** Gaia catalogues, several star catalogues
* Gaia, the user interface of Firefox OS
* GAIA, a profile and sign-in system in Google

## Film and television

* Gaia (Rome character), character in the historical-drama television series Rome (2005–2007)
* Ultraman Gaia, a character in the tokusatsu television series of the same name (1998)
* Gaea, a planet in the anime television series The Vision of Escaflowne (1996)
* Gaia, a character in the drama television series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011)
* Gaia, the spirit of Earth in the animated television series Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996)
* Gaia, the spirit of Earth in the British TV series Edge of Darkness (1985)
* Gaia (film), 2021 South African horror thriller film.

## Video games

* Game Artificial Intelligence with Agents, an engine in Outcast (1999)
* GAIA, fictional highly advanced A.I. character in Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)
* Gaia (Final Fantasy VII), a fictional world
* Gaia, cancelled video game by Electronic Arts' Motive Studios

## Places

* Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados
* Vila Nova de Gaia, a city and municipality in northern Portugal
* Gaia River, Romania
* Gaia, a village in Murgași Commune, Dolj County, Romania
* Gaià River, a river in Catalonia
* Gaià, a village in Catalonia
* Gaia (a.k.a. Sofia), one of the Echinades islands in the Ionian Sea
* Gaia, a rock climbing route at Black Rocks (Derbyshire)

## Literature

* Gaea trilogy, a series of science-fiction novels (1979, 1980 and 1984) by John Varley
* Gaia Gear, a series of five novels by Yoshiyuki Tomino
* GAIA (journal), an academic journal concerned with environmental and sustainability problems
* Gaia Moore, the heroine of the teen-novel series Fearless by Francine Pascal
* Gaean Reach, a fictional region in space in works by Jack Vance
* Gaea, an island in the young-adult novel The Arm of the Starfish (1965) by Madeleine L'Engle
* Gaea, a character in the dystopian fiction novella Anthem (1937) by Ayn Rand
* Gaea, a character in the fictional novel series The Heroes of Olympus (2010) by Rick Riordan
* Gaia (a.k.a. gaiaphage), a supernatural creature in the novel series Gone by Michael Grant
* Gaia Girls, an environmental fantasy children's book series by Lee Welles
* Gaia, a fantasy comic by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini hosted on their Sandra and Woo website

## Music

* GAIA Chamber Music Festival, a music festival in Thun, Switzerland
* Roland SH-01 Gaia, a synthesizer manufactured by Roland Corporation
* Gaia (band), a Dutch trance project started by Armin van Buuren

### Albums

* Gaia (2002), an album by the Japanese rock band Janne Da Arc
* Gaia (1994), an EP by the Swedish metal band Tiamat
* Gaia (Mägo de Oz album) (2003)
* Gaia (Marilyn Crispell album) (1988)
* Gaia: One Woman's Journey, a 1994 album by the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John
* Gaia-Onbashira, a 1998 album by the Japanese New Age musician Kitarō
* GAIA, a 2003 album by Alan Simon
* GAIA, a 2020 album by Blank Banshee

### Songs

* "Gaia (The Vultures)", a song by God Forbid from Earthsblood (2009)
* "Gaia", a song by In Hearts Wake from Earthwalker (2014)
* "Gaia", a song by Peter Hammill from Fireships (1993)
* "Gaia", a song by Kitarō from Gaia-Onbashira (1998)
* "Gaia", a song by James Taylor from Hourglass (1997)
* "Gaia", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from Omnium Gatherum (2022)
* "Gaea", a song by Pentangle from So Early in the Spring (1989)
* "Gaia", a song by Devin Townsend from Synchestra (2006)
* "Gaia", a song by Valensia from Valensia (1993)
* "Gaia", a song by Tiamat from Wildhoney (1994)

## Organisations

* Gaia (arts venue), an arts center in Havana, Cuba
* Gaia Earth Sciences, an oilfield services company
* Gaia, Inc., formerly Gaiam, an online video subscription service
* Gaea Japan, a wrestling promotion that terminated in 2005
* GAIA locomotive, a former Argentine locomotive builder
* Gaia Movement USA, a USA-based charitable organization
* Gaia Online, a social networking website
* Gaia Trafikk, a former Norwegian company
* Gaia-X

## People
### Given name

* Gaia (singer), Italian singer
* Gaia (artist), American street artist
* Gaea Schell, pianist/composer and singer
* Gaia Germani (born 1942), Italian actress
* Gaia Cauchi (born 2002), Maltese singer
* Gaia Vince, British journalist, broadcaster and non-fiction author
* Gaia Weiss (born 1991), French actress and model
* Gaia Girace (born 2003), Italian actress

### Surname

* Brian Gaia (born 1994), American football player
* Michele Gaia (born 1985), Italian cyclist
* Santos Gaia (born 1978), Brazilian footballer

## Other uses

* Armin van Buuren (born 1976), DJ who uses the pseudonym Gaia
* Gaia (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee
* Toyota Gaia, a multi-purpose vehicle
* Gaia the Fierce Knight, a card in Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
* Gaia, the spaceship from the novel The Magellanic Cloud by Stanisław Lem
* Gaia (Jerram), a 2018 installation artwork by Luke Jerram