Oka

Oka or OKA may refer to:

  • The Old Kimboltonian Association, the alumni association of Kimbolton School
  • Oka cheese, a Canadian cheese
  • Oka (mass), an Ottoman unit of weight equal to 1.2829 kilograms
  • Oxalis tuberosa or Oca, the root vegetable
  • 16494 Oka, an asteroid
  • 81-760/761 "Oka", a model of subway car used on the Moscow Metro
  • Oka Crisis, a land dispute between the Mohawk Nation and the town of Oka, Canada
  • Naha Airport by IATA airport code
  • Okay Airways by ICAO airline code
  • Tropical Storm Oka, a Pacific storm in 1987
  • Oka (surname), a Japanese surname
  • OKA Direct, a British retailer
  • Cars

  • VAZ-1111 Oka (Lada Oka), a small car designed by AvtoVAZ and produced by ZMA and SeAZ
  • Oka NEV ZEV, a NEV VAZ-1111 (see above) converted by Oka Auto USA
  • OKA 4wd, a large 4-wheel-drive vehicle made in Western Australia by OKA
  • Military

  • 2B1 Oka, Soviet 420 mm self-propelled mortar
  • OTR-23 Oka, a theatre ballistic missile deployed by the Soviet Union
  • Places

  • Oka, Quebec, Canada
  • Oka National Park near Oka, Quebec
  • Oka River

    Oka (Russian: Ока́, IPA: [ɐˈka]) is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir, and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as to the town of Kaluga. Its length exceeds 1,500 kilometres (930 mi). The Russian capital Moscow sits on one of the Oka's tributariesthe Moskva River.

    Name and history

    Max Vasmer connects the name of the river to the Gothic аƕа, Old High German aha, Latin aqua, which all mean either "water" or "river" (cf. Aa River).Oleg Trubachev traces the origin of the name to the Baltic languages: the Baltic tribe of Galindians lived in the western part of the Oka basin prior to the arrival of the Slavs.

    Historically, the river gave its name to the Upper Oka Principalities, situated upstream from Tarusa. In 1221 Grand Duke Yuri II of Vladimir founded Nizhny Novgorod, later to become one of the largest Russian cities, to protect the Oka's confluence with the Volga. The Qasim Khanate, a Muslim polity, occupied the middle reaches of the Oka (around the city of Kasimov) in the 15th and 16th centuries.

    Oka River (Siberia)

    The Oka (Russian: Ока, Buryat: Аха) is a river in Siberia, left tributary of the Angara River. It originates in the Sayan Mountains in western Buryatia and flows through Irkutsk Oblast. It flows for 630 km (391 mi), into the Bratsk reservoir.

    Coordinates: 55°30′55″N 102°20′54″E / 55.51528°N 102.34833°E / 55.51528; 102.34833

    Ōoka River

    Ōoka River (大岡川 Ōoka-gawa) is a river that flows through Yokohama, Japan. It is 14 km long and over 80 bridges are built on the river.

    External links

    Media related to Ōoka River at Wikimedia Commons

    35°27′26″N 139°38′18″E / 35.457133°N 139.638389°E / 35.457133; 139.638389Coordinates: 35°27′26″N 139°38′18″E / 35.457133°N 139.638389°E / 35.457133; 139.638389 (mouth)

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    by: Afu-Ra

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