Gokanna

Gokanna

Gokanna, Gokaṇṇa, Gokana or Gokhana may refer to:

*Trincomalee, Gokaṇṇa is the Sanskrit name of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
*Gokana kingdom, also Gokhana, a Ogoni kingdom, now local government area, in Rivers State, Nigeria
*Gokana language, the eastern Ogoni language spoken by about 100,000 people
*Gokana Affair, the disappearance in 2004 of US$300 million from the SNPC ("Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo", National Congolese Petroleum Company), Congo-Brazzaville
*Gokana, Benin, a village in Benin at coord|9.0333333|N|2.5833333|W|, north of Mandara

People

* Gokhana is a Turkish first name
*Gokanna (general) , an 12th Century Sinhalese general of the Kingdom of Rajarata, see Parâkramabâhu I
*Denis Gokana, the former president of the SNPC ("Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo", National Congolese Petroleum Company) involved in the US$300 million Gokana Affair, Congo-Brazzaville

ee also

Gokhan


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