Makwa may refer to:

Geography

;Nigeria * Makwa, Nigeria (also spelled Makwia), a town in Sokoto State ; Saskatchewan, Canada *

Makwa, Saskatchewan Makwa ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Loon Lake No. 561 and Census Division No. 17. History Makwa incorporated as a village on June 1, 1965. Demographics In the ...

, a village *

Makwa Lake Makwa Lake, which is Cree for ''Loon'' Lake, is a lake in the west-central region of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the transition zone between parkland and boreal forest. The Battle of Loon Lake, which was last battle of the North- ...

, a lake * Makwa River, a river *

Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation Makwa Sahgaiehcan is a Cree First Nation band government in Loon Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. Their reserve is northeast of Lloydminster. The English translation of "Makwa Sahgaiehcan" is from Plains Cree language Plains Cree ( endonym: ) is ...

Makwa Lake Provincial Park Makwa Lake Provincial Park is a recreational provincial park in the west-central region of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the transition zone between parkland and boreal forest. The park was established in 1986 and is centred aroun ...

, a park

Science and technology

Makwa (cryptography) The Password Hashing Competition was an open competition announced in 2013 to select one or more password hash functions that can be recognized as a recommended standard. It was modeled after the successful Advanced Encryption Standard process and ...

, a cryptographic algorithm used as a

key derivation function In cryptography, a key derivation function (KDF) is a cryptographic algorithm that derives one or more secret keys from a secret value such as a master key, a password, or a passphrase using a pseudorandom function (which typically uses a crypto ...

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