Kata (disambiguation)

Kata is a martial arts term referring to a pattern of defense-and-attack. Kata may also mean:

People:

• Kata (name)
• Kata people or Katirs, alternative name for a tribal group of Afghanistan
• Katariina Souri (born 1968), Finnish author, artist, columnist, and a Playboy Playmate of the Month
• Kata, Georgian royal princess of the 11th century
• Kata, Georgian royal princess of the 12th century
• Solomone Kata, Tongan rugby league player

Places:

• Kata, Burma, a town
• Kata, Estonia, a village
• Kata, Iran, a village
• Kata, Tibet, a village

Other:

• Kata (programming), exercises in programming which help hone skills through practice and repetition
• Kata (mathematics), a name proposed for a direction in a fourth spatial dimension
• KATA (AM), a California radio station
• KATA-CD, a Dallas, TX, television station
• Kata Station, a train station in Owase, Japan
• An abbreviation for the Katakana character set in the Japanese writing language
• Kata, a Grenada drum
• Kata, a West-African local name for Ovine rinderpest

See also

• Khata, a name for ceremonial white silk scarves most often Tibet which are an auspicious symbol and lend a positive note to the start of any enterprise or relationship