Arts and entertainment
- Ada or Ardor: A Family Story, a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov
- Ada, a character in the 1991 movie Armour of God II: Operation Condor
- Ada… A Way of Life, a 2008 musical movie from India created by Tanvir Ahmed
- Ada (dog actor), a dog that played a role named Colin in the sitcom Spaced
- Ada (1961 film), a movie from 1961 directed by Daniel Mann
- Ada TV, a television channel located in Northern Cyprus
- Ada (2019 film), a short movie about a real person named Ada Lovelace
Aviation
- Ada Air is a regional airline that operates from Tirana, Albania
- Francisco C. Ada Airport is located on Saipan Island in the Northern Mariana Islands
- The IATA airport code for Adana Şakirpaşa Airport, which is located in Adana Province, Turkey
Places
- Ada Foah, a town located in the country of Ghana
- Ada, a parliamentary constituency in Ghana
- Ada, Osun, a town located in the state of Osun, Nigeria
- Ada, Karaman, a village located in Karaman Province, Turkey
- Ada, Urmia, a village located in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
- Ada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a village
- Ada Ciganlija or Ada, a river island that was changed into a peninsula in Belgrade, Serbia
- Ada, Croatia, a village
- Ada, Serbia, a town and municipality
- Ada, Alabama, an unincorporated community
- Ada County, Idaho
- Ada, Kansas, an unincorporated community
- Ada, Minnesota, a city
- Ada, Ohio, a village
- Ada, Oklahoma, a city
- Ada, Oregon, an unincorporated community
- Ada Township, Dickey County, North Dakota
- Ada Township, Michigan
- Ada Township, Perkins County, South Dakota
- Ada, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Ada, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Mount Ada, a mountain located in the state of Alaska
- Ada River, which can refer to different rivers
- 523 Ada, an asteroid
Schools
- Ada High School in Ohio, United States
- Ada Independent School District in Oklahoma, United States
- Ada, the National College for Digital Skills, a further education college in Tottenham Hale, London
Science and technology
- Ada, a type of digital money used on the Cardano technology system
- List of storms with the name Ada
- Ada (plant), a group of orchid plants
- Ada (protein), an enzyme that forms when bacterial cells are treated
- Adenosine deaminase, an enzyme that helps with purine metabolism
- Ada (computer virus), a type of harmful software
- Ada (programming language), a language that was inspired by Pascal and other programming languages
Ships
- Ada-class corvette: a type of ship designed to detect and stop submarines, created by Turkey
- Ada (1897 shipwreck): a wooden sailing ship that sank near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- SS Ada (1905): a ship built to transport goods for the London and South Western Railway
- SS Ada Hancock
People
- Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), an early computer scientist often called the first computer programmer
- Ada (name), a name used for girls and as a family name, including a list of real people and fictional characters
- Ada of Caria (lived around 377 to 326 BCE), a ruler of ancient Caria and the adoptive mother of Alexander the Great
Other uses
- Ada Band, a music group from Indonesia that plays pop and rock styles
- Ada and Abere, a ceremonial sword used by leaders in Yorubaland and nearby areas of West Africa
- Ada Bridge, a bridge located in Belgrade, Serbia
- Ada (food), a traditional dish from the region of Kerala
- Ada Health, a company in Germany that creates medical technology
- Dangme language (ISO 639-2 and 639-3 code: ada), a language spoken in Ghana