Kawas, Kavas or Cowas may refer to:

Kawas (genus), an extinct seal genus Kawas (mythology), an Amis spiritual entity, and related terms Kawas, Pakistan, a town and union council, Balochistan province, Pakistan Kawas, Alabel, a barangay of Alabel, Sarangani, Philippines NTPC Kawas, a power plant in Surat, Gujarat, India

People with the name Hiba Kawas (born 1972), Lebanese operatic soprano, composer, and academic Jeannette Kawas (1946–1995), murdered environmental activist from Honduras Samira Kawas, Lebanese producer and actress

Kavas Jamas Badshah (1858–1931), Indian Civil Service officer, mayor of Ipswich Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara (1977–1941), first Indian Deputy Commissioner of Bombay Police Cowasjee Jehangir (disambiguation), alternative spelling of Kawasjee Jehangir Kavasji Naegamvala (1857–1938), Indian astrophysicist Cowaszee Nanabhoy Davar, Indian businessman in the cotton industry Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati, Indian naval officer involved in an infamous murder trial Kavasji Palanji Khatau 1857–1916), Indian theatre owner Cowasji Dinshaw Adenwalla (1827–1900), Indian businessman

See also Kavass, often spelled kawas or kawass: a type of Late Ottoman guard Kaykaus (disambiguation) Cawas (disambiguation)