Nuka can mean: * Younger sibling of the speaker's sex (younger brother or younger sister) in the

Inuit language The Inuit languages are a closely related group of indigenous American languages traditionally spoken across the North American Arctic and adjacent subarctic, reaching farthest south in Labrador. The related Yupik languages (spoken in western ...

. Nuka is widely used as a personal name for females and males in Greenland. In Canadian

Inuktitut Inuktitut (; , syllabics ; from , "person" + , "like", "in the manner of"), also Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the principal Inuit languages of Canada. It is spoken in all areas north of the tree line, including parts of the provinces o ...

as well as Alaskan Iñupiaq and

Yupik Yupik may refer to: * Yupik peoples, a group of indigenous peoples of Alaska and the Russian Far East * Yupik languages, a group of Eskimo-Aleut languages Yupꞌik (with the apostrophe) may refer to: * Yup'ik people The Yup'ik or Yupiaq (sg ...

(all branches of the Inuit language), the form Nukaq is used, and is used more as a designation for younger sibling in these dialects. * The Japanese word for

rice bran Bran, also known as miller's bran, is the hard outer layers of cereal grain. It consists of the combined aleurone and pericarp. Corn (maize) bran also includes the pedicel (tip cap). Along with germ, it is an integral part of whole grains, a ...

Places

Nuka Island Nuka Island is an island in the northern Gulf of Alaska in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. It lies just off the southeastern corner of the Kenai Peninsula The Kenai Peninsula ( Dena'ina: ''Yaghenen'') is a large peninsula jutting ...

, an island in the northern Gulf of Alaska in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States * Nuka, Kiribati, a settlement in Kiribati *

Nuka Formation The Nuka Formation is a geologic formation in Alaska. It contains fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alaska * Paleontology in Alaska Paleontology in Alaska refers to paleont ...

, a geologic formation in Alaska

People

Nuka (beat maker) Ridge Manuka Maukava (born 2000 or 2001), known by his stage name Nuka, is a New Caledonian beat maker and record producer known for his song "Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)", a collaboration with American R&B singer Jason Derulo. Sony Music releas ...

(born 2000/2001), New Caledonian beat maker and record producer known for producing

Jason Derulo Jason Joel Desrouleaux (born September 21, 1989), known professionally as Jason Derulo (; formerly stylized as Derülo), is an American singer and songwriter.

's 2020 single "

Love Not War (The Tampa Beat) "Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)" is a song by American singer Jason Derulo and New Caledonian beat maker Nuka. It was released as a single on November 20, 2020, by Sony Music, as a re-work of Nuka's "4 Brylean (WayzRmx2018)". The song was written b ...

" *

Anushka Manchanda Anushka Manchanda aka Kiss Nuka (born 11 February 1984) is a singer, music producer, composer, creative entrepreneur, actor, activist, and former VJ of Indian origin. She came to prominence as a member of the Indipop girl group Viva!. Manchand ...

(born 1984), singer, songwriter, and producer also known by her musical alias Nuka * Nuka Taipari (? – 1863), New Zealand tribal leader, warrior and tohunga

Fictional characters

* A character in ''

Astro Boy ''Astro Boy'', known in Japan by its original name , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Kobunsha's ''Shōnen'' from 1952 to 1968. The 112 chapters were collected into 23 ''tankōbon'' vo ...

'', a female robot on whom Astro has a crush * Nuka (''The Lion King''), a character from the 1998 Disney direct-to-video animated film ''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride''