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
  • Anaweka waka, remnants of an oceangoing waka found on the South Island of New Zealand
  • Chatham Island waka, remnants of an oceangoing waka found on Chatham Island
  • 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

See also

  • Waka Waka (disambiguation), including uses of Wakawaka
  • Wakka (disambiguation)
  • Wacka (disambiguation)
  • Wacca (disambiguation)
  • WACA (disambiguation)