Aka, AKA or a.k.a. may refer to: * "Also known as", used to introduce an alternative name

Languages

* Aka language (Sudan) * Aka language, in the Central African Republic *

Hruso language Hruso, also known as Aka (Angka), is a language of Arunachal Pradesh India. Long assumed to be a Sino-Tibetan language, it may actually be a language isolate. It is spoken by 3,000 people in 21 villages in Thrizino Circle, West Kameng District. T ...

, in India, also referred to as Aka * a prefix in the names of

Great Andamanese languages The Great Andamanese languages are a nearly extinct language family once spoken by the Great Andamanese peoples of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. History By the late 18th century, when the British first established a colonial presenc ...

* Akan language (

ISO 639-2 ISO 639- 2:1998, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code'', is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages. The three-letter codes given for ea ...

and

ISO 639-3 ISO 639-3:2007, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages'', is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. It defines three-letter codes for ...

codes)

People

* Aka (name), a list of people with the given name or surname *

Aka people Aka, AKA or a.k.a. may refer to: * "Also known as", used to introduce an alternative name Languages * Aka language (Sudan) * Aka language, in the Central African Republic * Hruso language, in India, also referred to as Aka * a prefix in the na ...

, in the Central African Republic and Congo *

Aka (tribe) The Aka are Tribal group of people living in the East Kameng & West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh, Popularly know as the Koro of East kameng and the Hrusso of West kameng District. Both the Koro-Hrusso aka have different linguistic practice ...

, of Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India *

AKA (rapper) Kiernan Jarryd Forbes (born 28 January 1988), known professionally as AKA, is a South African rapper. Born and raised in Cape Town, Forbes gained significance after releasing his single "Victory Lap" which was released from his debut studio al ...

, stage name of South African Kiernan Forbes (born 1988)

Places

Japan

* Aka, Fukuoka, a village *

Mount Aka (Daisetsuzan) is a stratovolcano located in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group of the Ishikari Mountains, Hokkaidō, Japan. See Also *List of volcanoes in Japan *List of mountains in Japan The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Japan, ordered b ...

, Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaidō *

Mount Aka (Yatsugatake) is a 2,899m mountain on the border of Chino, Hara of Nagano, and Hokuto of Yamanashi in Japan. This mountain is the tallest mountain of Yatsugatake Mountains. Description Mount Aka is a stratovolcano. This mountain is a center of the Yats ...

, Yatsugatake Mountains, Honshū *

Aka Island is an island in the Pacific Ocean and is part of the Kerama Islands group in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The island is commonly known as Aka or Aka-shima and is located some 15 miles to the southwest of Okinawa Island. It has a subtropical climat ...

, Okinawa Prefecture * Aka River, Yamagata Prefecture

Elsewhere

Aka, Hungary Aka (german: Acker) is a village in Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to t ...

, a village *

Aka Hills Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...

, Arunachal Pradesh, India * Aka, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''AKA'' (film), a 2002 film * "A.K.A." (Jericho episode), a 2007 episode of the TV series ''Jericho'' * a.k.a. Cartoon, a Canadian animation company *

Aka Pella (Histeria!) ''Histeria!'' is an American animated series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Unlike other animated series produced by Warner Bros. in the 1990s, ''Histeria!'' was an explicitly educational program created to ...

, a character from the cartoon ''Histeria!'' *

Channel AKA Channel, channels, channeling, etc., may refer to: Geography * Channel (geography), in physical geography, a landform consisting of the outline (banks) of the path of a narrow body of water. Australia * Channel Country, region of outback Austral ...

, former name of the UK music television channel Now 70s

Music

* The A.K.A.s, an American rock band * ''A.K.A.'' (album), a 2014 album by Jennifer Lopez * "AKA", a video by

True Widow True Widow is an American rock band formed in 2007 and based in Dallas, Texas. The band's expansive guitar-driven sound has led them to be cited as "drop-tuned, slow, repetitive, heavy, dreamy, and undeniably ear-wormy". True Widow has been known ...

Sports

Aka (Burmese) Aka are pre-arranged sets of movement or forms in the Burmese martial arts. They serve as a straightforward way of passing down all of a style's techniques unto the student. They can be practiced as a form of physical conditioning, to develop musc ...

, martial arts movements *

Aka (sailing) Polynesian multihull terminology, such as "ama", "aka" and "vaka" (or "waka") are multihull terms that have been widely adopted beyond the South Pacific where these terms originated. This Polynesian terminology is in common use in the Americas and ...

, part of a multi-hull boat *

Aka Arena Aka Arena, formerly known as Hønefoss Stadion, is a football stadium in Hønefoss, Norway, and is the home of former Norwegian top division, currently 3. divisjon club Hønefoss. The stadium has a capacity of approx. 4,120 spectators. A r ...

, a football stadium in Hønefoss, Norway *

American Kickboxing Academy The American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) is a martial arts gym based in San Jose, California. It is one of the pioneering schools of mixed martial arts (MMA). In 2014, AKA opened the ''AKA Thailand'' gym in Phuket, Thailand. Prominent trainers ...

American Kitefliers Association The American Kitefliers Association (AKA) was created in 1964 by Robert M. Ingraham of New Mexico. Its purpose is to educate the public in the art, history, technology, and practice of building and flying kites and advance the joys and values of kit ...

Australian Karting Association The Australian Karting Association ltd Trading as Karting Australia (AKA) is the association formed in 1966 that was appointed by the FIA and Motorsport Australia to control and administer the CIK class kart racing in Australia. The purposes o ...

Science and technology

* Alcoholic ketoacidosis, a medical condition *

Amphibious cargo ship Amphibious cargo ships were U.S. Navy ships designed specifically to carry troops, heavy equipment and supplies in support of amphibious assaults, and to provide naval gunfire support during those assaults. A total of 108 of these ships were built ...

(former US Navy hull classification symbol) *

Authentication and Key Agreement (protocol) Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) is a security protocol used in 3G networks. AKA is also used for one-time password generation mechanism for digest access authentication. AKA is a challenge–response based mechanism that uses symmetric cr ...

, a security protocol used in 3G networks

Transportation

Ankang Wulipu Airport Ankang Wulipu Airport () was an airport serving the city of Ankang in Shaanxi Province, China. It was located in the town of Wuli in Hanbin District, from the city center.

(IATA code: AKA), China *

Atka Airport Atka Airport is a state-owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 kilometre, km) north of the central business district of Atka, Alaska, Atka, a city on Atka Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled commercial airline ...

(FAA location identifier: AKA), Alaska *

Aka Station is a railway station in Aka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is on the Tagawa Line, operated by the Heisei Chikuhō Railway. Trains arrive roughly every 30 minutes. This station is the intersection between the Tagawa Line and the incomplete . Co ...

, a railway station in Aka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan * AKA (car), a defunct automobile manufacture from Czechoslovak

Other uses

* Manpower Directorate (') of the Israeli Defence Forces * Alpha Kappa Alpha, an African-American sorority *

Aga Khan Academies The Aga Khan Academies is an initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network. When fully operational, the Aga Khan Academies network will consist of eighteen co-educational, K-12, non-denominational day and residential schools in fourteen countries ...

, a network non-denominational day and residential schools