Nyota is a given name. It means star in the African languages Swahili and Lingala.
It may refer to:
- Nyota Inyoka (1896âÂÂ1971), French-Indian dancer and choreographer
- Nyota Ndogo, Kenyan musician
- Nyota Mulcare, Montserratian politician
- Nyota Uhura, a fictional character in the original Star Trek series
- Nyota (bonobo), a male Bonobo born at the Language Research Center at Georgia State University and used for research
Nyota also means thirst in the Shona language, a dialect spoken in Zimbabwe.
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