Taku
Taku may refer to: 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. , Japanese footballer , Japanese snowboarder , Japanese footballer , Japanese recording artist and percussionist for Fleetwood Mac , Japanese screenwriter Taku Morishita, Japanese shogi player , Japanese freestyle skier , Japanese basketball coach Taku Sugimoto, Japanese guitarist Taku Takahashi (born 1974), one half of the hip-hop duo M-Flo , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese politician 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 Taku High School, in Taku, Saga, Japan 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" Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names