Kita 335964 215470277 2008-05-28T10:18:36Z The Obento Musubi 1575372 /* See also */ Removed info that was in the wrong place {{wiktionarypar|北}} ==In Japanese== '''Kita''' (北) is [[Japanese language|Japanese]] for "north." ===Place names=== *'''Kita-ku''' (北区), meaning northern ward, is a [[wards of Japan|ward]] name found in several cities: ** [[Kita-ku, Hamamatsu]] ** [[Kita-ku, Kobe]] ** [[Kita-ku, Kyoto]] ** [[Kita-ku, Nagoya]] ** [[Kita-ku, Osaka]] ** [[Kita-ku, Saitama]] ** [[Kita-ku, Sakai]] ** [[Kita-ku, Sapporo]] ** [[Kita, Tokyo|Kita-ku, Tokyo]] *'''[[Kita, Hokkaidō]]''' (北村) is a village in [[Hokkaidō]] *'''Kita''' is a local term for the northern commercial district of [[Osaka]] (part of, but not the same as, Kita-ku). *While not the same ''kita'', several districts in Japan are called '''Kita-gun''': **[[Kita District, Ehime|Kita-gun, Ehime]] (喜多郡) **[[Kita District, Kagawa|Kita-gun, Kagawa]] (木田郡) ===Other=== *[[Kita (Noh school)|Kita]] (喜多) is the name of a school of [[Noh]] theatre. ==Other meanings== * [[Kita, Mali|Kita]] is a town in [[Mali]]. * [[Kita (musician)|Kita]] is also the stage name of [[Sampsa_Astala|Sampsa Astala]] the drummer of the Finnish hard rock band [[Lordi]]. * Kita is short for Mahal Kita, which means I love you in Tagalog (Language of the Philippines) * Kita is us, our in Indonesian language * KITA is short for Kerala Information Technology Alliance (http://www.kita.in) * KITA is short for the Korean Investors and Traders Association of Southern California, Inc ([http://www.kita.com/eng/ website]) * In German, Kita or KITA is short for Kindertagesstätte ([[kindergarten]]) == See also== * [[Northern (subnational entity)]] {{disambig}} [[fr:Kita-ku]] [[ko:기타 구]] [[ja:北区]] [[fi:Kita]] [[sv:Kita]] [[zh:北區]]