Waka may refer to:

Culture and language

* Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New Zealand **

Waka ama Waka () are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (''waka tīwai'') used for fishing and river travel to large, decorated war canoes (''waka taua'') up to long. The earliest remains of a canoe in New Z ...

, a Polynesian outrigger canoe ** Waka hourua, a Polynesian ocean-going canoe ** Waka taua, a Māori war canoe **

Waka hurdling Waka hurdling, also sometimes called waka peke (jumping waka), is a Maori sporting competition of jumping unornamented river canoes (waka tīwai) (waka (canoe)) over wooden beams set in the water. There have been attempts to revive the sport and ...

, a traditional Māori sport of jumping over canoes * Waka huia, a Māori treasure box *

Waka (mythology) Waka, in Hawaiian mythology Hawaiian religion refers to the indigenous religious beliefs and practices of native Hawaiians, also known as the kapu system. Hawaiian religion is based largely on the tapu religion common in Polynesia and likely or ...

, a Hawaiian lizard goddess * Waka language, an Adamawa language of Nigeria * Huaca or wak'a, in the Quechua language, a class of sacred objects

Arts and entertainment

* Waka (poetry), a genre of Japanese poetry * WAKA (TV), a television station licensed to Selma, Alabama, US *

Waka music Waka music is a popular Islamic-oriented Yoruba musical genre. It was made popular by Alhaja Batile Alake from Ijebu, who took the genre into the mainstream Nigerian music by playing it at concerts and parties; also, she was the first waka si ...

, a musical genre from Yorubaland of Nigeria *

Waga sculpture A waga, also known as a waka or waaka, is a type of memorial statue carved from wood in southern Ethiopia. The Konso people The Konso, also known as the Xonsita, are a Lowland East Cushitic-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting south-weste ...

or waka, a type of Ethiopian memorial statue * "Waka" (Diamond Platnumz song), 2017 * "Waka", song by 6ix9ine from '' Dummy Boy'', 2018 * Waka, a character in the video game ''

Ōkami is an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom. It was released for PlayStation 2 in 2006 in Japan and North America, and in 2007 in Europe and Australia. After the closure of Clover Studio a few months a ...

Places

Waka, Texas Waka is an unincorporated community in western Ochiltree County, Texas, United States. It lies along State Highway 15 southwest of the city of Perryton, the county seat of Ochiltree County. Its elevation is 3,045 feet (928 m). Altho ...

, a community in the Texas Panhandle * El Perú (Maya site) or Waka', Maya ruins in Guatemala * Waka National Park, a national park in central Gabon *

Waka P'iqi Waka P'iqi (Aymara ''waka'' cow, ''p'iqi, p'iq'iña, phiq'i, phiq'iña '' head, "cow head", also spelled ''Huaca Pekhe'') is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Ayopaya Province Ayopaya is a province i ...

, a mountain in Bolivia

People with the name

* Waka Attewell, New Zealand cinematographer * Waka Flocka Flame (born 1986), American rapper * Waka Goi (born 1968), Papua New Guinea politician * Waka Inoue (born 1980), Japanese tarento and actress * Waka Kobori (born 2000), Japanese swimmer * Waka Nathan (born 1940), New Zealand rugby union player * Neil Waka, New Zealand broadcaster and journalist * Yamada Waka (1879–1957), Japanese feminist and social reformer

Other uses

* Cyclone Waka, a 2001 tropical cyclone * World Adult Kickball Association * Waka-jumping, a term used in New Zealand for politicians switching party allegiance while in office

Culture and language

Arts and entertainment

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People with the name

Other uses

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