Chuka may refer to:
Places
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Chuka, Kenya
Chuka is a town on the eastern slopes of Mount Kenya, about 65 km south Of Meru Town. It falls within Tharaka-Nithi County and the former Eastern Province. Between 1992 and 2009, Chuka was the capital of Tharaka-Nithi District (split from ...
, a town
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Chuka, Tibet
An alphabetical list of populated places, including cities, towns, and villages, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of western China.
A
*Alamdo
*Alhar
*Arza
*Asog
B
* Baga
*Bagar
* Baidi
*Baima
*Baimai
*Baixoi
*Bamda
*Banag
*Banbar
*Banggaid ...
, a village
* Thak, a village in
Kumaon division
Kumaon (; , ; historically romanised as KemāonJames Prinsep (Editor)John McClelland ) is a List of divisions in India, revenue and administrative division in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It spans over the eastern half of the state and is b ...
, Uttarakhand, India
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Chuka man-eating tiger
The Chuka man-eating tiger was a male Bengal tiger responsible for the death of three boys from Thak village in the Ladhya Valley in India in 1937. It was shot by Jim Corbett in April 1937 who noted that the animal had a broken canine tooth ...
, a man-eating tiger that operated around the village in Kumaon
People
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Chuka Umunna
Chuka Harrison Umunna (; born 17 October 1978) is a British businessman and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham from 2010 until 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he was part of the Shadow Cabine ...
(born 1978), British Liberal Democrat politician and former Member of Parliament
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Chuka Odom
Chuka Odom (born October 19, 1960) is a Nigerian lawyer and 2015 People's Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for Governor of Imo State. He was Commissioner for Special Duties between 2003 - 2007, in Abia State, Federal Minister of State for Enviro ...
(born 1960), Nigerian lawyer and politician
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Chuka Momah
Chuka Momah is a Nigerian sport reporter and administrator, he is a former president of the Nigerian Tennis Federation and the Confederation of African Tennis. In 2013, he published ''Sports Spectacular'', a book about sport stories and analysis o ...
, Nigerian sport reporter and administrator
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Stefano Okaka Chuka
Stefano Chuka Okaka (; born 9 August 1989) is an Italian former footballer who plays as a forward.
He began his career at Roma, debuting shortly after his 16th birthday and being loaned to several other teams for the duration of his contract. H ...
(born 1989), Italian football player
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Derick 'Chuka' Ogbu (born 1990), Nigerian football player
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Rhema 'Chuka' Obed (born 1991), English-born football player
Other
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''Chuka'' (film), a 1967 western starring Rod Taylor
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Chuka (food)
Japanese Chinese cuisine, also known as ''chūka'', represents a unique fusion of Japanese and Chinese culinary traditions that have evolved over the late 19th century and more recent times. This style, served predominantly by Chinese restaur ...
, Japanese style Chinese food
*Chuka dialect of the
Meru language
Meru is a Bantu language spoken by the Meru people (''Ameru'') who live on the Eastern and Northern slopes of Mount Kenya and on the Nyambene ranges. They settled in this area after centuries of migration from the north.
The Meru people are a ...
, a Bantu language of Kenya
See also
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Chukka (disambiguation)
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