Taita may refer to:
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Taita people
The Taita people (the ''Wataita'' or Wadawida) are a Kenyan ethnic group located in the Taita-Taveta County.For ethnographic details, see "The Teita," pp.97-132, In: A.H.J. Prins 1952.''The Coastal Tribes of the North-Eastern Bantu (Pokomo, Ny ...
, a Bantu ethnic group in Kenya
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Taita language
Taita is a Bantu language spoken in the Taita Hills of Kenya. It is closely related to the Chaga languages of Kenya and Tanzania. The Saghala (Northern Sagala, Sagalla) variety is distinct enough to be considered a language separate from the Daw ...
, a Bantu language
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Taitā, New Zealand
Taitā () is one of the northernmost suburbs of the city of Lower Hutt in New Zealand, situated toward the northern end of the city. It lies considerably south of the Taitā Gorge which separates Lower Hutt City from Upper Hutt City, and to the ...
, a suburb of Lower Hutt City
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Taita Hills
The Taita Hills, sometimes also spelled as Teita Hills, are a mountain range located in the Taita-Taveta County in south-eastern Kenya. The hills consist of three massifs: Dawida, Sagalla in the southern side of Voi township and Kasigau in ...
, a mountain range in Kenya
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Taita Cushitic languages
Taita Cushitic is an extinct pair of South Cushitic languages, spoken by Cushitic peoples inhabiting the Taita Hills of Kenya, before they were assimilated into the Bantu population after the Bantu Migration into East Africa. Evidence for the l ...
, an extinct pair of Afro-Asiatic languages spoken in the Taita Hills
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Taita falcon
The Taita falcon (''Falco fasciinucha'') is a small falcon found in central and eastern Africa. It was first described from the Taita Hills of Kenya from which it derives its name.
Description
The Taita falcon is a small, rare raptor species. ...
, a small falcon found in central and eastern Africa
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Taita Line
The is a 17.8 km railway line in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Tajimi Station in the city of Tajimi via Kani to Mino-Ōta Station in Minokamo. The name of the line includes a ' ...
, a railway line in Gifu prefecture, Japan
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Taița
The Taița is a river in Tulcea County, Romania. North of the town Babadag it discharges into Lake Babadag, which is connected with Lake Razim, a former lagoon of the Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlant ...
, a tributary of Lake Babadag in Romania
* Taița, a former village in
Hamcearca
Hamcearca is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders ...
Commune, Romania
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Taita I
Taita may refer to:
* Taita people, a Bantu ethnic group in Kenya
* Taita language, a Bantu language
*Taitā, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt City
* Taita Hills, a mountain range in Kenya
* Taita Cushitic languages, an extinct pair of Afro-Asi ...
, king of ancient
Palistin
Palistin (or Walistin), was an early Syro-Hittite kingdom located in what is now northwestern Syria and the southeastern Turkish province of Hatay. Its existence was confirmed by the discovery of several inscriptions mentioning Taita, king of P ...
* Taita, another name for the leavened flatbread
injera
Injera (, ; om, Biddeena; ) is a sour fermented pancake-like flatbread with a slightly spongy texture, traditionally made of teff flour. In Ethiopia, Eritrea, and some parts of Sudan, injera is the staple. Injera is central to the dining proc ...
popular in Ethiopia and Eritrea
* Taita, a fictional character from The Egyptian Series, beginning with the novel ''
River God'', by Wilbur Smith
* Taita, another name for a
yage
''Banisteriopsis caapi'', also known as ayahuasca, caapi, soul vine, or yagé (yage), is a South American liana of the family Malpighiaceae. It is one half of ayahuasca, a decoction with a long history of its entheogenic (connecting to spirit) ...
shaman in Colombia.
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National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan.
The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...
, colloquially called "Taita" by locals
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