Karaka
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Karaka may refer to the following:
- Karaka (tree)Karaka (tree)Karaka , is an evergreen laurifolia tree, of the family Corynocarpaceae, with large glossy leaves endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread in mainly coastal situations, often forming a major component of coastal forest, although it is rarely a dominant tree...
, a tree endemic to New Zealand - Karaka, New ZealandKaraka, New ZealandKaraka is a small town of Auckland, New Zealand. Located in Franklin, one of Auckland's two districts. Under the authority of the Franklin District Council.It is primarily a rural town associated with dairy farming and sheep...
, a small town in the North Island, New Zealand - Karaka (astrology)JyotishaHindu astrology , also Jyotish or Jyotisha, from Sanskrit , from "light, heavenly body") is the ancient Indian system of astronomy and astrology...
, a concept in Vedic astrology (Jyotisha) - A concept in the grammar of , roughly similar to the concept of thematic role or theta role
- Karaka, the Māori word for the colour orangeOrange (colour)The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nm, and has a hue of 30° in HSV colour space. It is numerically halfway between red and yellow in a gamma-compressed RGB colour space, the expression of which is the RGB colour wheel. The...
- Awabakal languageAwabakal languageAwabakal is an Australian Aboriginal language that was spoken around Lake Macquarie and Newcastle in New South Wales. The name is derived from Awaba, which was the native name of the lake.-Classification:...
word meaning "honey of the grasstree" (Káraka or Ká-ra-ka) - Karaka (sailing vessel), ship being used for the past several years as a base for a non profit floating community