Ka

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Ka or KA may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• K.A. (Kohntarkosz Anteria), an album by Magma
• Kà, a Cirque du Soleil show
• Ka (Dark Tower), a plot element in Stephen King's Dark Tower series
• Mister Mosquito, a video game, known in Japan as Ka

Businesses and organizations

• Kappa Alpha Order, a fraternity founded in 1865 at Washington and Lee
• Kappa Alpha Society, a fraternity founded in 1825 at Union College
• Karenni Army, a Burmese guerilla organization
• Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar, an Icelandic football club
• Kuklos Adelphon, an 1800s-era Southern fraternity
• Khan Academy, a non-profit educational organization
• King's Arms, Oxford, a pub known as the KA

Language

People

• Ka (pharaoh) (fl. c. thirty-second century B.C.)
• Ka (rapper), performer

Places

• Ka Farm, Østre Toten, Norway (see List of short place names)
• KA postcode area, Scotland
• Ka River, Nigeria
• Ka Island (Ka-to), North Korea
• Karlsruhe, Germany (e.g. code used on German vehicle registration plates)
• Karnataka, India

Science and technology

• K_a, an acid dissociation constant
• K_a, association constant of a reaction
• K_a band, a microwave band
• K_a, number of non-synonymous substitutions at a DNA site, used in K_a/K_s ratio
• Ka tree, Terminalia carolinensis
• ka, thousand years, kyr
• Keepalive, a computer network message
• Kiloampere (kA), a unit of electric current
• kiloannus or kiloannum (ka), a unit of time equal to one thousand (10³) years

Transport

• Ford Ka, a car
• NZR KA class a New Zealand steam locomotive
• Dragonair (IATA code KA)
• Kenya Airways
• Code for products of Kamov, a Russian rotorcraft manufacturing company

Other uses

• KA, a carbonated drink produced by the company A.G. Barr
• KA, law enforcement jargon for "known associate"
• kꜣ, an ancient Egyptian concept of the spirit or soul
• Knight or Dame of St Andrew, a Barbadian award
• Kingda Ka, a roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure