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, 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, 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 (born 1960), Nigerian lawyer and politician
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Chuka Momah, Nigerian sport reporter and administrator
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Stefano Okaka Chuka (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 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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