Koya may refer to:
Places
Iraq
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Koya; ( ar, كيويسنجق), a town in Iraqi Kurdistan
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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 ...
, a university in that town
Japan
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Mount Kōya, a mountain in Japan
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Kōya, Wakayama
270px, Kōya town hall
270px, downtown Kōya
is a town located in Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 2,812 in 1575 households and a population density of 21 persons per km². The total area of ...
, a town on the top of Mount Kōya
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Kōya Station (Tokyo), a train station in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
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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 ...
, a railway line in Osaka and Wakayama Prefectures between Osaka and Koyasan
Sierra Leone
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Kingdom of Koya, a pre-colonial African state in what is now northern Sierra Leone
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Koya, Sierra Leone, a village in Sierra Leone
People and languages
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Koya (name), a given name and surname
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Koya (Malabar), a Muslim community in south India
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Gyele people, Cameroonian pygmies
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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
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Koya language, a language spoken in India
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Koya (tribe), a scheduled tribe in India, speakers of the Koya language
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Koya, ring name of Indian professional wrestler Mahabali Shera
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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 Coas ...
(fl. 1787 – 1795), Haida chief in British Columbia
Other uses
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KOYA, radio station in South Dakota, United States
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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
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