Waka

Waka may refer to:

• Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New Zealand
  • Waka taua, a Māori war canoe
• Waka (mythology), Hawaiian lizard goddess
• Waka (poetry), a genre of Japanese poetry
• WAKA (TV), a television station licensed to serve Selma, Alabama, United States
• Waka/Jawaka, a 1972 album by Frank Zappa
• Waka language, an Adamawa language of Nigeria
• Waka music, a musical genre from Yorubaland of Nigeria
• Waka or Waga sculpture, a type of Ethiopian memorial statue
• Wakawaka language, of Queensland, Australia (extinct)
• Huaca or wak'a, in the Quechua language, a class of sacred objects
• Cyclone Waka, a tropical cyclone that formed to the northwest of Samoa on December 29, 2001
• World Adult Kickball Association
• a character in the video game Ōkami

Places

• Waka, Texas, 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

People with the name

• Waka Flocka Flame (born 1986), rap artist
• Waka Goi (born 1968), Papua New Guinea politician
• Waka Inoue (born 1980), Japanese tarento and actress
• Waka Kobori (小堀 倭加, born 2000), Japanese swimmer
• Waka Nathan (born 1940), New Zealand rugby union player
• Neil Waka, New Zealand broadcaster and journalist

See also

• Waka huia, a carved treasure box
• Waka Waka (This Time for Africa), a song by Shakira
• Waka waka (disambiguation)
• Wakka (disambiguation)