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==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)]]
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