Saka (disambiguation)

Saka were the Achaemenid "Scythian" satrapy.

Saka may also refer to:

Scythians

• Scythians
• Indo-Scythians
  • Saka era, an era in India
  • Indian national calendar, sometimes called the Saka calendar

Places

• Saka, Hiroshima, a town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
• Saka, Estonia, a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
• Saka, Latvia, a village in Saka Parish of Pāvilosta Municipality, Latvia.
• Saka, Morocco, a town in Taza Province, Morocco
• Saka, Sirhind a town in State Punjab in India

Other uses

• Saka or a last stand in battle, an ancient Indian tradition of men fighting to death. The practice was accompanied by jauhar, a women self-immolation when facing certain defeat in a war.
• Saka language, a variety of Eastern Iranian languages, attested from the ancient Buddhist kingdoms of Khotan and Tumshuq in the Tarim Basin
• Makhuwa language, also Makhuwa-Saka language, a dialect of Nkutu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

People with the surname

• Bukayo Saka (born 2001), English footballer
• Fuat Saka (born 1952), Turkish musician
• Hasan Saka (1885–1960), Turkish politician
• Katsuhiko Saka (坂 克彦; born 1985), Japanese baseball player
• Keisuke Saka (坂 圭祐; born 1995), Japanese footballer
• Osamu Saka (阪 脩; born 1930), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Paul Saka, American philosopher
• Pınar Saka (born 1985), Turkish sprinter
• Taihei Saka (坂 大平; born 1964), Japanese swimmer

See also

• Shaka (disambiguation)
• Sakha (disambiguation)
• Acestor Sakas, an Athenian tragic poet