Waka

Waka may refer to:

Culture and language

• Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New Zealand
  • Waka ama, a Polynesian outrigger canoe
  • Waka hourua, a Polynesian ocean-going canoe
  • Waka taua, a Māori war canoe
  • Waka hurdling, a traditional Māori sport of jumping over canoes
• 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 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

See also

• Waka waka (disambiguation), including uses of Wakawaka
• All pages with titles beginning with Waka
• Wakka (disambiguation)