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
 * Māori migration canoes, the ocean-going canoes that brought the Māori people to New Zealand
 * 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

 * Masayasu Wakabayashi (born 1978), Japanese comedian and television presenter
 * 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