Taka (disambiguation)

Taka refers to a unit of currency in Bengali language. In Bangladesh, taka refers to the Bangladeshi taka , which is the currency of Bangladesh. In India, in the Bengali language speaking states of West Bengal and Tripura, taka refers to Indian Rupee.

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  [ es ], also known as DJ Taka, popular Bemani artist
• Takaaki Ishibashi (石橋 貴明; born 1961), Japanese artist nicknamed "Taka", "Taka-san", "Taka-chan"
• Takahiro Moriuchi (Japanese singer, born 1988) "Taka"
• 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; 1925–2023), 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
• Taka, a character in Ghost of Tsushima

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 Bonerate Islands, an archipelago in Indonesia
• Taka Atoll, a coral atoll in the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands
• Təkyə, a village in Azerbaijan
• Taka Mountains, a land formation in Sudan
• Lake Taka, a temporary lake in Greece
• 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

See also

• Taqa (disambiguation)
• TACA (disambiguation)
• Tacca (disambiguation)