Kota

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Kota may refer to:

• The Kota tribe whose members live in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu, South India.
• The Kota language, a Dravidian language spoken in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu
• The Kota (Bakota) tribe whose members live primarily in the northeastern region of Gabon in Central Africa;
• The Indonesian/Malay word for 'city' (historically a fortified city)
• The Malayalam word meaning fort
• The southern colloquial version of Malayalam word kutta meaning basket/bin

• Africa
  • Kota or Bakota, the language of the Kota people in Gabon and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)

• Indonesia
  • A subdivision unit above subdistrict (kecamatan) and below province. It is equivalent to regency (kabupaten)
  • Kota, Jakarta, a Chinatown area in Jakarta
  • Kota Gede, Yogyakarta

• Malaysia
  • Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah
  • Kota, Negeri Sembilan, a small town in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan

• India
  • Kota, Rajasthan, a city in Rajasthan state
  • Kota District, a district of Rajasthan state
  • Kota, Karnataka, an area in Karnataka state
  • Kota, Andhra Pradesh, mandal headquarters in Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh
  • Kota, Bilaspur, a city in Chhattisgarh
  • Kota, Uttar Pradesh, a town in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh.

• Japan
  • Kōta, Aichi, a town in Aichi Prefecture

• Finland
  • A native Saami (Lapp) tent, similar to a tipi.

• It may also refer to KOTA-TV, the ABC affiliate located in Rapid City, South Dakota.