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n., pl., geta, or ge·tas.
A wooden-soled shoe worn by the Japanese.
[Japanese.]
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- Shoes and Footwear - geta: wooden clog elevated by transverse supports on bottom of sole (Japan)
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Geta may refer to:
- Publius Septimius Geta (AD 189–211), a Roman emperor
- Geta, Åland, a municipality in Finland
- Getå, a minor locality in Sweden
- Geta, Nepal
- Geta (footwear), a type of Japanese footwear
- The geta symbol 〓, named for its resemblance to the geta shoe; see Japanese typographic symbols
- Geta, a 1982 science-fiction novel by Donald Kingsbury which has the alternative title Courtship Rite
Roman surname
Geta was the family name of several distinguished Romans:
- Gaius Vitorius Hosidius Geta, grandson of Gnaeus Hosidius Geta
- Gnaeus Hosidius Geta (ca. AD 20 – after 95), a Roman senator
- Hosidius Geta, a playwright, possibly identical with Gnaeus Hosidius Geta
- Lucius Lusius Geta (fl. AD 54), a governor of Egypt
- Publius Septimius Geta (disambiguation)
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