Nyota is a given name. It means ''star'' in the African languages Swahili and

Lingala Lingala (or Ngala, Lingala: ) is a Bantu languages, Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser de ...

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- A house of invitation & Accessories It may refer to: * Nyota Inyoka (1896–1971), French-Indian dancer and choreographer * Nyota Ndogo, Kenyan musician *

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, Montserratian politician * Nyota Uhura, a fictional character in the original ''Star Trek'' series *

Nyota (bonobo) Nyota (pronounced ''en-Yo-ta''; born 1998), also known by the lexigram , is a bonobo. Nyota was born at the Language Research Center at Georgia State University. His mother was Panbanisha and his father was P-suke. With Panbanisha's death on N ...

, a male Bonobo born at the Language Research Center at Georgia State University and used for research Nyota also means thirst in the Shona language, a dialect spoken in Zimbabwe.

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