Kaya may refer to:

People

Kaya (given name) Kaya is a common given name in several cultures. Turkish name *Kaya Arıkoğlu (born 1949), American architect and urban designer *Kaya Erdem (born 1928), Turkish politician *Kaya Köstepen (1934–2011), Turkish footballer *Kaya Peker (born 1980), ...

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 Kaya, Hopa is a village in the District of Hopa, Artvin Province, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian ...

, 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 Kaya Press is an independent non-profit publisher of writers of the Asian and Pacific Islander diaspora. Founded in 1994 by the postmodern Korean writer Soo Kyung Kim, Kaya Press is currently housed in the Department of American Studies and Ethnic ...

, 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) is a Japanese visual kei musician, a vocalist of the electro/darkwave duo Schwarz Stein, and a former vocalist of the bands Meties and Isola under the alias of Hime. He is also known for his androgynous appearance. Career In 1997, Kaya de ...

, former member of Schwarz Stein *

Kaya (Mauritian musician) 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 ...

(1960–1999), singer and creator of Seggae *Kaya, a vocal group in the Australian version of ''

The X Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003 ...

'' *

Kaya (Bulgarian band) Kaya is a Bulgarian reggae band. The idea of forming the band was first hatched by bass guitarist Georgi Borisov on the day of the 1999 solar eclipse. At the time, 20-year-old Borisov was wandering among several garage bands who were not respon ...

(1999–present)

Other uses

, a confederacy in southern Korea (42–562 CE) *

Kaya Airlines Kaya Airlines is a Mozambican regional airline based at Maputo International Airport. History The airline was founded in 1991 by Carlos Goncalves as Sabin Air to operate on demand charters. The airline was rebranded as Transairways in 2002 for ...

, a Mozambican airline *

Kaya F.C. 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 Filipino association football club *

Kaya identity The Kaya identity is a mathematical identity stating that the total emission level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide can be expressed as the product of four factors: human population, GDP per capita, energy intensity (per unit of GDP), and carb ...

, 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) 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 type of coconut egg jam popular in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia *

Kaya-no-miya The (princely house) was the seventh oldest collateral branch (''ōke'') of the Imperial House of Japan, Japanese Imperial Family created from the Fushimi-no-miya, the oldest of the four branches of the imperial dynasty allowed to provide a succ ...

, the seventh oldest collateral branch (''ōke'') of the Japanese Imperial Family *

Kaya toast Kaya toast is a dish consisting of two slices of toast with butter and kaya (coconut jam), commonly served alongside coffee and soft-boiled eggs. In Singapore, the dish is commonly consumed for breakfast. It became integrated into kopi tiam (cof ...

, 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 Trikāya doctrine ( sa, त्रिकाय, lit. "three bodies"; , ) is a Mahayana Buddhist teaching on both the nature of reality and the nature of Buddhahood. The doctrine says that Buddha has three ''kāyas'' or ''bodies'', the ''Dharma ...

, the Buddhist doctrine of three kayas (bodies) of Buddha