Koya may refer to:

Places

Iraq

Koya Koya may refer to: Places Iraq * Koya; ( ar, كيويسنجق), a town in Iraqi Kurdistan ** Koya University, a university in that town Japan * Mount Kōya, a mountain in Japan ** Kōya, Wakayama, a town on the top of Mount Kōya * Kōya Stati ...

; ( ar, كيويسنجق, link=no), a town in Iraqi Kurdistan **

Koya University Koya University is a public university located in Koy Sanjaq, near Erbil (Hewlêr), capital of the Erbil Governorate in the Iraqi Kurdistan region of Iraq. It was established in 2003. History The Kurdistan Regional Government opened colleges of ...

, a university in that town

Japan

Mount Kōya is a large temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan to the south of Osaka. In the strictest sense, ''Mount Kōya'' is the mountain name ( sangō) of Kongōbu-ji Temple, the ecclesiastical headquarters of the Kōyasan sect of Shingon Budd ...

, a mountain in Japan **

Kōya, Wakayama file:Koya Town Hall 20161112.jpg, 270px, Kōya town hall file:高野山町PA060725.jpg, 270px, downtown Kōya is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Ito District, Wakayama, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estima ...

, a town on the top of Mount Kōya * Kōya Station (Tokyo), a train station in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan *

Nankai Kōya Line The is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the Nankai Electric Railway, a private railway operator. It connects Osaka and Koyasan, the capital of the Japanese Buddhist sect Shingon, via the s ...

, a railway line in Osaka and Wakayama Prefectures between Osaka and Koyasan

Sierra Leone

Kingdom of Koya The Kingdom of Kquoja or Koya or Koya Temne, or the Temne Kingdom (1505–1896), was a pre-colonial African state in the north of present-day Sierra Leone. The kingdom was founded by the Temne people, Temne ethnic group in or around 1505 by mi ...

, a pre-colonial African state in what is now northern Sierra Leone *

Koya, Sierra Leone Koya is a village in the Rural District in Western Area of Sierra Leone and lies about 27 miles from Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the West ...

, a village in Sierra Leone

People and languages

Koya (name) Koya is both a Malabar Muslim surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Sidiq Koya (1924–1993), Fijian-Indian politician and opposition leader * C. H. Mohammed Koya (1927–1983), Indian politi ...

, a given name and surname *

Koya (Malabar) Koya is a Muslim community, predominantly found in the city of Calicut in southern India. Scholars speculate Omani origin to the community and assume that the name is a corruption of the title "Khawaja". The powerful Koyas held administrative po ...

, a Muslim community in south India *

Gyele people The Gyele (''Bagyele / Bajele''), also known as the Kola (''Bakola'') or Koya (''Bakoya''), are the pygmies of southern Cameroon and adjacent areas of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. They live among Bantu patrons, the Mvumbo and Bassa. They speak ...

, Cameroonian pygmies *

Kola people The Kola people, ''Bakola'', also known as the Koya, ''Bakoya'', are pygmies of the NE Gabon– Congo border area. They speak the Bantu Ngom language Kele is a Bantu language of Gabon. Dialects of the Kele language are scattered throughout G ...

, Gabonese pygmies *

Koya language Koya is a South-Central Dravidian languages, Dravidian language of the Gondi language, Gondi–Kui language (India), Kui group spoken in central and southern India. It is the native language of the Koya (tribe), Koya people. It is sometimes desc ...

, a language spoken in India *

Koya (tribe) Koya are an Indian tribal community found in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha. Koyas call themselves ''Koitur'' in their dialect. The Koyas speak the Koya language, also known as ''Koya basha'', which is a Dra ...

, a scheduled tribe in India, speakers of the Koya language *

, ring name of Indian professional wrestler Mahabali Shera *

Koyah Koyah, also Xo'ya, Coya, Coyour, Kower, Kouyer (Haida: ''Xhuuyaa'' - "Raven" ( 1787–1795), was the chief of Ninstints or Skungwai, the main village of the Kunghit-Haida during the era of the Maritime Fur Trade in Haida Gwaii off the North Coast o ...

(fl. 1787 – 1795), Haida chief in British Columbia

Other uses

KOYA Koya may refer to: Places Iraq * Koya; ( ar, كيويسنجق), a town in Iraqi Kurdistan ** Koya University, a university in that town Japan * Mount Kōya, a mountain in Japan ** Kōya, Wakayama, a town on the top of Mount Kōya * Kōya Stati ...

, radio station in South Dakota, United States *

Koya score In a group tournament, unlike a knockout tournament, there is no scheduled decisive final match. Instead, all the competitors are ranked by examining the results of all the matches played in the tournament. Typically, points are awarded for each ...

, a tiebreaker criterion for group tournaments {{disambiguation, geo, callsign, hndis Language and nationality disambiguation pages