Waka
title: "Waka" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["japanese-feminine-given-names", "feminine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Waka may refer to:
Culture and language
- Waka (canoe), canoes of the Māori of New Zealand
- Waka ama, a Polynesian outrigger canoe
- Māori migration canoes, the ocean-going canoes that brought the Māori people to New Zealand
- Waka taua, a Māori war canoe
- Waka huia, a Māori treasure box
- Waka (mythology), 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, a musical genre from Yorubaland of Nigeria
- Waga sculpture 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
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
- Waka P'iqi, a mountain in Bolivia
People
- Masayasu Wakabayashi (born 1978), Japanese comedian and television presenter
- Takashi Wakasugi, Japanese comedian
- 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
- Waka Tsukiyama, is an American-born Japanese professional wrestler
- Yamada Waka (1879–1957), Japanese feminist and social reformer
Other uses
- Cyclone Waka, a 2001 tropical cyclone
- World Adult Kickball Association
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