Futa may refer to:
Geography
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Futa Pass
The Futa Pass or La Futa Pass () is a Pass (geography), pass in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, at an elevation of . It is located in the ''comune'' of Firenzuola, in the Metropolitan City of Florence. It separates the valleys of Mugello (region), M ...
in the Apennines, Italy
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Futa River, Chile
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Futa, Ghana, a community in Ghana
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Fouta Djallon
Fouta Djallon (, , ; ) is a Highland (geography), highland region in the center of Guinea, roughly corresponding with Middle Guinea, in West Africa.
Etymology
The Fulani people call the region Fouta Jallon Kingdom, Fuuta-Jaloo ( ) in the Pular l ...
, Guinea
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Futa Tooro
Futa Toro ( Wolof and , , ; ), often simply the Futa, is a semidesert region around the middle run of the Senegal River. This region, along the border of Senegal and Mauritania, is historically significant as the center of several Fulani states, ...
, a region along the Senegal River
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Imamate of Futa Jallon
The Imamate of Futa Jallon or Jalon (; or ' , ), sometimes referred to as the Emirate of Timbo, was a West African Islamic state based in the Fouta Djallon highlands of modern Guinea. The state was founded in 1725 by a Fulani jihad and became ...
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Imamate of Futa Toro
The Imamate of Futa Toro (; ; ) was a West African theocratic monarchy of the Fula-speaking people ('' Fulɓe'' and Toucouleurs) in the middle valley of the Senegal River, in the region known as Futa Toro. Following the trend of jihads in the ...
Acronyms
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Federal Unemployment Tax Act
The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (or FUTA, ) is a United States federal law that imposes a federal employer tax used to help fund state workforce agencies. Employers report this tax by filing Internal Revenue Service Form 940 annually. In some ca ...
(US)
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Federal University of Technology Akure
The Federal University of Technology Akure (also known as FUT Akure or simply FUTA) is a federal government-owned university located in Akure, Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria. It was established in 1981 by the Nigerian federal government, the ...
, Nigeria
People
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André-Philippe Futa
André-Philippe Futa (August 26, 1943 – October 1, 2009) was a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was originally from Miabi in Tshilenge District.
Biography
André-Philippe Futa Mudiumbula Tshitumbu Tshipadi was born in ...
, Congolese politician
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Yasunosuke Futa, Japanese village chief and architect
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Futa Helu, Tongan philosopher, historian, and educator
*Futa Nakamura (born 1991), known as
Ben-K
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragon Gate under the ring name Ben-K.
Professional wrestling career Dragon Gate Debut and early career (2016–2017)
Nakamura attended both Chiba Prefectural High School and Yamanashi ...
, Japanese wrestler
Other
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Fouta towel
The fouta (also spelled futa; ) is a piece of thin patterned cotton or linen fabric, used in many Mediterranean countries and Yemen. Among other uses, they were worn, by both men and women, wrapped around the body while at the public baths in 19th ...
or futa towel, a piece of cloth worn in a skirt-like fashion in certain countries
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Futa (red panda)
Futa (born 2003 in Shizuoka) is a male red panda (''Ailurus fulgens'') at the Chiba Zoological Park in Chiba, Japan. In 2005, he became a visitor attraction and a television celebrity in Japan for his ability to stand upright on his hind feet ...
, a famous standing Japanese red panda
*FUTA, an e-bike made by
Ducati
Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A () is an Italian motorcycle manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy.
History
Barely a month after the official liberation of Italy in 1944, SIATA announced its intention to sell this engine, called ...
*Futa, an abbreviation for
futanari
is the Japanese word for hermaphroditism, which is also used in a broader sense for androgyny. Krauss, Friedrich Salomo et al. ''Japanisches Geschlechtsleben: Abhandlungen und Erhebungen über das Geschlechtsleben des japanischen Volkes; ...
, the Japanese word for hermaphroditism and a genre of pornography
See also
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Fouta (disambiguation)
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