Kaya may refer to:

People

Kaya (surname) Kaya () is a common last name in Turkic countries and means ''rock'' in Turkish. *Ahmet Kaya (1957-2000), Kurdish singer from turkey *Ali Kaya (athlete) (born Stanley Kiprotich Mukche in 1994), Kenyan-Turkish long-distance runner *Ali Kaya (serial ...

Places

Kaya, Burkina Faso Kaya is the fifth largest city in Burkina Faso, lying northeast of Ouagadougou, to which it is connected by railway. It is a centre for weaving and tanning. Kaya is the capital of Sanmatenga Province. It is located from Ouagadougou, the capital ...

, a town in Burkina Faso, capital of the department *

Kaya Airport Kaya Airport is a public use airport located near Kaya, Sanmatenga, Burkina Faso. See also *List of airports in Burkina Faso This is a list of airports in Burkina Faso, sorted by location. __TOC__ Airports , , - valign=top , Arly , ...

, serving the town * Kaya Department, a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in central Burkina Faso *

Kaya, Fethiye Kaya is a village in the District of Fethiye, Muğla Province, Turkey. As of 2000 it had a population of 1,524 people. Kaya was substantially depopulated in the 1920s population exchange between Greece and Turkey. Kaya is identified by the editors ...

, a village in Muğla Province, Turkey * Kaya, Hopa, a village in Artvin Province, Turkey *

Kaya, Kyoto was a town located in Yosa District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 2006, the town had an estimated population of 7,913 and a density of 134 persons per km2. The total area was 59.05 km2. On March 1, 2006, Kaya, along with the towns of ...

, a town located in Yosa District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan *

Kaya (Mijikenda) ''Kaya'' (plural ''makaya'' or kayas) is a sacred forest of the Mijikenda people in the former Coast Province of Kenya. The ''kaya'' forest is considered to be an intrinsic source of ritual power and the origin of cultural identity; it is also ...

, a sacred forest site of the Mijikenda peoples in Kenya *

Kaya, South Sudan Kaya is a city in Central Equatoria, South Sudan. Location The city is located in Kimba Payam, Morobo County, Central Equatoria State, in extreme southwestern South Sudan. It is located near the international border with the Republic of Uganda. K ...

, a town in South Sudan *

Skiu-Kaya Skiu (also Sku and Skyu) and Kaya (elev. 3500 m) are adjacent villages in the Markha River valley in Ladakh, India. The villages contain 9 and 12 households, respectively; the boundary between the villages is not clearly defined.Himalayan Hom ...

, adjoining villages in Ladakh, India * Kaya confederacy, an alternate romanization of the ancient

Gaya confederacy Gaya (, ) was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period. The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is AD 42–53 ...

on the Korean peninsula

Popular culture

* ''Kaya'' (film), a 1969 Yugoslav film *

Kaya FM Kaya FM 95.9 is a commercial radio station that broadcasts from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. History Kaya FM was launched in August 1997, and was one of the first frequencies to be approved for private commercial radio in South Africa. ...

, a radio station in Johannesburg, South Africa * ''Kaya'' (TV series), a scripted MTV drama television series

Anime

* Kaya (''One Piece''), a fictional character in the anime and manga ''One Piece'' * Kaya (''Princess Mononoke''), a character from the anime movie ''Princess Mononoke''

Literature

* Kaya Press, an independent publisher

Music

* ''Kaya'' (album), an album by Bob Marley and the Wailers (1978) **

Kaya Tour Kaya may refer to: People *Kaya (given name) *Kaya (surname) Places *Kaya, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso, capital of the department *Kaya Airport, serving the town * Kaya Department, a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in centr ...

, a concert tour organised to support the album ** "Kaya," the title track of the album *

Kaya (Canadian singer) Francis Martin Lavergne (born August 28, 1968 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian musician and author."Kay ...

(born 1968), real name Francis Martin Lavergne * Kaya (Japanese musician), former member of Schwarz Stein * Kaya (Mauritian musician) (1960–1999), singer and creator of Seggae *Kaya, a vocal group in the Australian version of '' The X Factor'' * Kaya (Bulgarian band) (1999–present)

Other uses

, a confederacy in southern Korea (42–562 CE) * Kaya Airlines, a Mozambican airline * Kaya F.C., a Filipino association football club * Kaya identity, an equation relating factors that determine the level of human impact on climate, in the form of emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide * Kaya (jam), a type of coconut egg jam popular in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia * Kaya-no-miya, the seventh oldest collateral branch (''ōke'') of the Japanese Imperial Family * Kaya toast, a popular snack amongst Malaysians and Singaporeans and other SE Asians *

Kaya (tree) ''Torreya nucifera'' is a slow-growing, Pinophyta, coniferous tree native to southern Japan and to South Korea's Jeju Island. It is also called Japanese torreya or Japanese nutmeg-yew. Description It grows to 15–25 m tall with a trunk up to ...

, ''Torreya nucifera'', or Japanese Nutmeg tree *, several ships * Trikaya, the Buddhist doctrine of three kayas (bodies) of Buddha