Taka (disambiguation)
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The Bangladeshi taka is the currency of Bangladesh.
Taka may also refer to:
People
- Taka (given name), a masculine Japanese given name
Nicknamed or pseudonym
- William Tucker (settler) (1784–1817), early settler in New Zealand, called Taka by Maori
- Takayuki Ishikawa , also known as DJ Taka, popular Bemani artist
- Takaaki Ishibashi (石橋 貴明, born 1961), Japanese artist nicknamed "Taka", "Taka-san", "Taka-chan"
- Kazuko Takatsukasa (孝宮和子内親王, Taka-no-miya Kazuko Naishinnō, 1929-1989): Kazuko, Princess Taka
Surnamed
- Chazel Taka (1929–1974), Iraqi poet and politician
- Efraim Taka (born 1989), Israeli footballer; see List of Israeli football transfers summer 2014
- Iwao Taka (高 巌, born 1956), Japanese academic
- Jussi Taka (born 1993) Finnish snowboarder
- Taka Sisters (disbanded 1936), Japanese-American Vaudeville act comprising three sisters Taka: Myrtle (1916-2011), Midi (1914-1936), Mary (1912-1991)
- Miiko Taka (高美以子, born 1925), Japanese-American actress
- Osman Taka (died 1887), Albanian dancer
- Seveci Taka (born 1981), Fijian rugby player
- Suzuka Taka (高 涼風, born 1996), Japanese ice hockey player
- Tony Taka (born 1971), Japanese mangaka and artist
Fictional characters
- Scar (The Lion King), known as "Taka" in the Disney Lion King Backstory
Places
- Taka, Hyōgo, a town in Taka District, Japan
- Taka District, Hyōgo, a county-level unit in Japan
- Mount Taka (Osaka/Hyōgo), a mountain in Japan
- Taka Island (Taka-shima), a Japanese island in the Kujūku Islands
- Taka Atoll, a coral atoll in the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands
- Təkyə, Azerbaijan
- Taka, a former name for the district around Kassala, Sudan, now Kassala; see Alodia
Other uses
- Taka (film), a 2005 Bangladeshi drama film
- Taka (paper mache), Filipino paper mache
- Taka (boat), a traditional small boat used for carrying load or passengers, often built by Laz people of the Black Sea region
- Al-Taka SC, a Sudanese soccer club
- Taka, the term used in Bengali-speaking regions and sometimes in Maithili-speaking regions of India for Indian Rupee
- History of the taka, historical currencies so named