Kaya may refer to:

People

Kaya (given name) Kaya is a common given name in several cultures. Turkish name *Kaya Arıkoğlu (born 1949), American architect and urban designer *Kaya Erdem (born 1928), Turkish politician *Kaya Köstepen (1934–2011), Turkish footballer *Kaya Peker (born 1980), ...

Kaya (surname) Kaya () is a common last name in Turkic countries and means ''rock'' in Turkish. *Ahmet Kaya (1957-2000), Kurdish singer from turkey * Ali Kaya (athlete) (born Stanley Kiprotich Mukche in 1994), Kenyan-Turkish long-distance runner * Ali Kaya (seria ...

Places

Kaya, Burkina Faso Kaya is the fifth largest city in Burkina Faso, lying northeast of Ouagadougou, to which it is connected by railway. It is a centre for weaving and tanning. Kaya is the capital of Sanmatenga Province. It is located from Ouagadougou, the capital ...

, a town in Burkina Faso, capital of the department * Kaya Airport, serving the town * Kaya Department, a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in central Burkina Faso *

Kayaköy Kayaköy (also: ''Kaya'' or ''Livissi'') is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Fethiye, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 975 (2022). Situated 8 km south of Fethiye, it is mostly abandoned. It was anciently known i ...

, a village in Muğla Province, Turkey * Kaya, Hopa, a village in Artvin Province, Turkey *

Kaya, Kyoto was a town located in Yosa District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 2006, the town had an estimated population of 7,913 and a density of 134 persons per km2. The total area was 59.05 km2. On March 1, 2006, Kaya, along with the towns of Iwa ...

, a town located in Yosa District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan *

Kaya (Mijikenda) A ''kaya'' (plural ''makaya'' or ''kayas'') is a sacred site of the Mijikenda peoples, Mijikenda people in the former Coast Province of Kenya. Often located within Sacred grove, sacred forests, a ''kaya'' is considered to be an intrinsic source o ...

, a sacred forest site of the Mijikenda peoples in Kenya *

Kaya, South Sudan Kaya is a city in Central Equatoria, South Sudan. Location The city is located in Kimba Payam, Morobo County, Central Equatoria State, in extreme southwestern South Sudan. It is located near the international border with the Republic of Uganda. K ...

, a town in South Sudan * Skiu-Kaya, adjoining villages in Ladakh, India * Kaya confederacy, an alternate romanization of the ancient

Gaya confederacy Gaya (; ) was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period. The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is AD 42– ...

on the Korean peninsula

Popular culture

* ''Kaya'' (film), a 1969 Yugoslav film * Kaya FM, a radio station in Johannesburg, South Africa * ''Kaya'' (TV series), a scripted MTV drama television series *Kaya, a villain in the 2013 Indian film ''

Krrish 3 ''Krrish 3'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language superhero action thriller film written, produced and directed by Rakesh Roshan, who wrote the screenplay with Honey Irani and Robin Bhatt. It is the third film in the ''Krrish'' series, following ...

'', played by

Kangana Ranaut Kangna Amardeep Ranaut (; born 23 March 1986) is an Indian actress, filmmaker, and politician serving as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Mandi Lok Sabha constituency, Mandi since June 2024. Known for her portrayals of strong-willed, u ...

Anime

* Kaya (''One Piece''), a fictional character in the anime and manga ''One Piece'' * Kaya (''Princess Mononoke''), a character from the anime movie ''Princess Mononoke''

Literature

Kaya Press Kaya Press is an independent non-profit publisher of writers of the Asian and Pacific Islander diaspora. Founded in 1994 by the postmodern Korean writer Soo Kyung Kim, Kaya Press is housed in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the ...

, an independent publisher

Music

* ''Kaya'' (album), an album by Bob Marley and the Wailers (1978) **

Kaya Tour ''Kaya'' is the tenth studio album by the Jamaican band Bob Marley and the Wailers, released in 1978. The album consists of tracks recorded alongside those released on the '' Exodus'' album. It was produced by the band. The album's release coi ...

, a concert tour organised to support the album ** "Kaya," the title track of the album * Kaya (Canadian singer) (born 1968), real name Francis Martin Lavergne *

Kaya (Japanese musician) is a Japanese visual kei musician, a vocalist of the electro/darkwave duo Schwarz Stein, and a former vocalist of the bands Meties and Isola under the alias of Hime. He is also known for his androgynous appearance. Career In 1997, Kaya deb ...

, member of Schwarz Stein *

Kaya (Mauritian musician) Joseph Réginald Topize (10 August 1960 – 21 February 1999), popularly known by his stage name Kaya, was a Mauritian musician, and the creator of " seggae" - a fusion of Mauritian sega and reggae, two popular music genres in Mauritius. Kaya died ...

(1960–1999), singer and creator of Seggae *Kaya, a vocal group in the Australian version of ''

The X Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for '' Pop Idol'' (2001–200 ...

'' * Kaya (Bulgarian band) (1999–present)

Other uses

, a confederacy in southern Korea (42–562 CE) *

Kaya Airlines Kaya Airlines is a Mozambican regional airline based at Maputo International Airport. History The airline was founded in 1991 by Carlos Goncalves as Sabin Air to operate on demand charters. The airline was rebranded as Transairways in 2002 f ...

, a Mozambican airline *

Kaya F.C. Kaya may refer to: People *Kaya (given name) *Kaya (surname) Places *Kaya, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso, capital of the department * Kaya Airport, serving the town * Kaya Department, a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in cent ...

, a Filipino association football club *

Kaya identity The Kaya identity is a mathematical identity stating that the total emission level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide can be expressed as the product of four factors: human population, GDP per capita, energy intensity (per unit of GDP), and car ...

, an equation relating factors that determine the level of human impact on climate, in the form of emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide * Kaya (jam), a type of coconut egg jam popular in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia *

Kaya-no-miya The (princely house) was the seventh oldest collateral branch (''ōke'') of the Japanese Imperial Family created from the Fushimi-no-miya, the oldest of the four branches of the imperial dynasty allowed to provide a successor to the Chrysanthem ...

, the seventh oldest collateral branch (''ōke'') of the Japanese Imperial Family *

Kaya toast Kaya toast is a dish consisting of two slices of Toast (food), toast with butter and kaya (jam), kaya (coconut jam), commonly served alongside Kopi (drink), kopi and soft-boiled eggs. The dish was believed to be created by Hainanese immigrants to ...

, a popular snack amongst Malaysians and Singaporeans and other SE Asians * Kaya (tree), ''Torreya nucifera'', or Japanese Nutmeg tree *, several ships *

Trikaya The Trikāya (, lit. "three bodies"; , ) is a fundamental Buddhist doctrine that explains the multidimensional nature of Buddhahood. As such, the Trikāya is the basic theory of Mahayana Buddhist theology of Buddhahood. This concept posits that a ...

, the Buddhist doctrine of three kayas (bodies) of Buddha