Kija
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Kija or Gija can refer to:
- The name of an Aboriginal people in Australia, see Kija people.
- Their indigenous Kija languageKija languageKija is an Australian Aboriginal language today spoken by about 100 people, most of whom live in the region from Halls Creek to Kununurra in Western Australia....
. - The leader of the obscure early Korean kingdom of Gija JoseonGija JoseonGija Joseon describes the period after the alleged arrival of Gija in the northwest of Korean peninsula. It was considered by most of the Chinese and the Korean scholars as a part of the Gojoseon period of Korean history...
, see JiziJiziJizi was a semi-legendary Chinese sage who is said to have ruled Gojoseon in the 11th century BCE. Early Chinese documents like the Book of Documents and the Bamboo Annals described him as a virtuous relative of the last king of the Shang dynasty who was punished for remonstrating the king...
. - The name of one of the wives of Pharao Echnaton (Amenophis IV), see KiyaKiyaKiya was one of the wives of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Little is known about her, and her actions and roles are poorly documented in the historical record, in contrast to those of Akhenaten's first royal wife, Nefertiti. Her unusual name suggests that she may originally have been a Mitanni...
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