Jaga

Jaga may refer to several different things:

  • Jaga (kingdom) in present-day Africa, also known as Kasanje, whose people were the Imbangala and often confused with the Yaka further north.
  • Jaga (king), the title of an Imbangala king, especially those of the Imbangala state of Kasanje.
  • Jaga (Rajasthan), a social caste of genealogists in Rajasthan, India.
  • Jaga (Muslim caste), a Muslim community in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • Jaga (Kongo), two similar but distinct bands of warriors encountered by the Portuguese in the 16th and 17th centuries in the African kingdom of Kongo.
  • JAGA (API), an open source API for implementing genetic algorithms and genetic programming in Java.
  • जागना, jāgnā, Hindi, "to be alert, vigilant".
  • Baba Yaga, a witch in Slavic mythology (alternate spelling Baby Jaga).
  • Geronimo ji-Jaga, black panther.
  • Jaga Jazzist, a Norwegian jazz/electronica/prog-crossover band.
  • A character from the American animated television series ThunderCats.
  • Jagiellonia Bialystok, a Polish football team.
  • In the Bionicle line of LEGO toys, "Jaga" is a collective term for several scorpion-like species.