Koya may refer to:
Places
Iraq
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Koya; (), a town in Iraqi Kurdistan
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Koya University
Koya University is a public university located in Koy Sanjaq, near Erbil ( Hewlêr), capital of the Erbil Governorate in the Iraqi Kurdistan region of Iraq. It was established in 2003.
History
The Kurdistan Regional Government
The Kurdistan ...
, a university in that town
Japan
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Mount Kōya
is a large temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan to the south of Osaka. In the strictest sense, ''Mount Kōya'' is the mountain name ( sangō) of Kongōbu-ji Temple, the ecclesiastical headquarters of the Kōyasan sect of Shingon Bu ...
, a mountain in Japan
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Kōya, Wakayama
270px, Kōya town hall
270px, Central Kōya
is a town located in Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 2,812, in 1,575 households. It had a population density of 21 persons per km2. The total area ...
, a town on the top of Mount Kōya
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Kōya Station (Tokyo)
is a railway station located in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. It is from Nippori Station.
Lines
*Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
** Nippori-Toneri Liner
Station Layout
This elevated station consists of a single island platform
An i ...
, a train station in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
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Nankai Kōya Line
The is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the Nankai Electric Railway, a private railway operator. It connects Osaka and Koyasan, the capital of the Japanese Buddhist sect Shingon, via the ...
, a railway line in Osaka and Wakayama Prefectures between Osaka and Koyasan
Sierra Leone
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Kingdom of Koya
The Kingdom of Kquoja or Koya or Koya Temne, or the Temne Kingdom (1505–1896), was a pre-colonial African state in the north of present-day Sierra Leone.
The kingdom was founded by the Temne ethnic group in or around 1505 by migrants from th ...
, a pre-colonial African state in what is now northern Sierra Leone
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Koya, Sierra Leone, a village in Sierra Leone
People and languages
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Koya (name), a given name and surname
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Koya (Malabar)
Koya is a Muslim community, predominantly found in the city of Calicut in southern India. The powerful Koyas held headmen position among mappila community in the medieval Calicut ..
The Koyas are mostly concentrated in and around the Kuttichir ...
, a Muslim community in south India
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Gyele people, Cameroonian pygmies
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Kola people
The Kola people, ''Bakola'', also known as the Koya, ''Bakoya'', are pygmies of the NE Gabon
Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guine ...
, Gabonese pygmies
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Koya language
Koya is a South-Central Dravidian language of the Gondi– Kui group spoken in central and southern India. It is the native language of the Koya people. It is sometimes described as a dialect of Gondi, but it is mutually unintelligible with G ...
, a language spoken in India
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Koya (tribe), a scheduled tribe in India, speakers of the Koya language
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Koya, ring name of Indian professional wrestler Mahabali Shera
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Koyah (fl. 1787 – 1795), Haida chief in British Columbia
Other uses
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KOYA, radio station in South Dakota, United States
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Koya score, a tiebreaker criterion for group tournaments
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