Taku

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'''Taku''' may refer to:

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==Places== ===North America=== * the Taku River, in Alaska and British Columbia ** Fort Taku, also known as Fort Durham and as Taku, a former fort of the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Taku River ** the Taku Glacier, in Alaska near Juneau ** Taku Towers, in Alaska, near Juneau ** Taku Harbor, in Alaska, near Juneau ** Taku Inlet, in Alaska ** the Taku Plateau, in British Columbia * Taku Arm of Tagish Lake in British Columbia ** Taku, British Columbia, a locality on Tagish Lake

===Asia=== * Taku Forts, forts on the south bank of the Hai He, in Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, in northeastern China * Taku, Saga, a city in Saga prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Japan * Taku, India, a town in India

== Oceania == * Taku, Kiribati, a village in Kiribati.

==Peoples== * The Taku people, an Alaska Native group, who are a ''kwaan'' or tribe of the Tlingit *Taku River Tlingit First Nation, government in British Columbia

==People==

=== Surname === * Moses Taku, a rabbi, 13th-century Tosafist from Bohemia * Afrim Taku (born 1989), an Albanian soccer player * Akwo Tarh Ayuk Taku (born 1992), Cameroonian soccer player

=== Nickname === *Ta-ku, an Australian musician *Taku, a nickname for Takuma Sato *Taku, a nickname for people named Takudzwa, Takura or Takunda in the Shona language

=== Given name === "Taku" is a Japanese male given name. *{{Nihongo|Taku Akahoshi|赤星 拓||born 1984}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Taku Hiraoka|平岡 卓||born 1995}}, Japanese snowboarder *{{Nihongo|Taku Morinaga|森永 卓||born 1995}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Taku Hirano|平野 琢也||born 1973}}, Japanese recording artist and percussionist for Fleetwood Mac *{{Nihongo|Taku Kishimoto|岸本卓||born 1975}}, Japanese screenwriter *Taku Lee (born 1995), Japanese gridiron football player *Taku Morishita (born 1966), Japanese shogi player *{{Nihongo|Taku Nakanishi|中西 拓||born 1972}}, Japanese freestyle skier *{{Nihongo|Taku Saito|斎藤 卓||born 1979}}, Japanese basketball coach *Taku Sugimoto, (born 1965), Japanese guitarist *Taku Takahashi (born 1974), one half of the hip-hop duo M-Flo *{{Nihongo|Taku Ushinohama|牛之濵 拓||born 1992}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Taku Watanabe|渡辺 卓||born 1971}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Taku Yamamoto|山本 拓||born 1952}}, Japanese politician

===Characters=== *Taku, husband of Marvel Comics superhero Venomm from ''Black Panther'' comics

==Transportation== * HMS ''Taku'' (1900), the former German-built (at Schichau-Werke in 1898) Chinese destroyer ''Hai Lung'' captured by the British Navy at the Battle of Taku Forts on 17 June 1900 and added to the British Navy; she was sold in October 1916 to be scrapped * HMS ''Taku'' (N38), a 1939 British T class submarine * MV ''Taku'', a 1963 vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System * USC&GS ''Taku'', an 1898 United States Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey ship * Taku Station, a railway station in Taku, Saga, Japan

==Animals== * Taku (whale), an Orca (killer whale) that once lived at SeaWorld * The Fijian name for the Hawksbill turtle

==Other uses== * Battle of Taku Forts (disambiguation), several battles in China * Takuu language or "Taku", a Polynesian language (ISO 639-3:nho) * 9574 Taku, an asteroid

==See also== * Naka-Taku Station, a railway station in Taku, Saga, Japan * Higashi-Taku Station, a railway station in Taku, Saga, Japan * Takou, Burkina Faso, a village * Takuu Atoll, sometimes written as "''Takū''" * {{look from|Taku}}

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