Nara

Introduction

Look up Nara or nara in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nara or Na-ra may refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

[edit] Japan[edit] Nara Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan Nara (city), the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan Nara Basin, a valley in Nara Prefecture Pakistan[edit] Nara, Attock, a village in Attock District, Punjab Nara, Jhelum, a village in Jhelum District, Punjab Nara, Rawalpindi, a village in Kahuta Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab Nara, Abbottabad, a Union Council of Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkwa Nara Canal, an excavated waterway in Sindh province, Pakistan Elsewhere[edit] Nara, an ancient Roman city in Tunisia, now called Bir El Hafey Nara, Mali, a town in Mali Nara (Oka), a river in Russia Nara River (India), a river in Gujarat, India Nara Burnu, a cape in Turkey

People and society

[edit] Nara people, a Nilotic ethnic minority inhabiting Eritrea Nara language, the mother tongue of the Nara people Nara clan, a Manchu clan in China National Radical Camp or Nara Party, several Polish nationalist groups

People with the name Nara

[edit] Given name[edit] Nara Nath Acharya (1906–1988), Nepalese poet Nara Apaya, king of the Mrauk-U Dynasty of Arakan Nara Bahadur Bista, Nepalese politician Nara Bahadur Dahal (born 1960), Nepalese long-distance runner Nara Falcón (born 1981), Mexican synchronized swimmer Jang Na-ra (born 1981), South Korean female singer Nara Bahadur Karmacharya, Nepalese politician Nara Kollery (died 2015), Indian sound recordist Kwon Nara (born 1991), South Korean female singer Nara Leão (1942–1989), Brazilian female singer Nara Bhupal Shah (1697–1743), king of the Gorkha state in Nepal Nara Smith (born 2001), fashion model and internet personality Surname[edit] Erika Nara, Japanese Paralympic swimmer Kurumi Nara (born 1991), Japanese tennis player Nara Lokesh (born 1983), Indian male politician Rao Nara (1420–1487), crown Prince of Nadol, India Setsuo Nara (奈良節雄; born 1936), Japanese basketball player Takeji Nara (1868–1962), general in the Imperial Japanese Army Tatsuki Nara (born 1993), Japanese footballer Tatunca Nara (born 1941), German-Brazilian jungle guide who invented the lost city of Akakor Tōru Nara, Japanese voice actor Wanda Nara (born 1986), Argentine media personality and football agent Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959), Japanese artist Zaira Nara (born 1988), Argentine model and TV host Ula Nara Duoqimuli, Empress consort of Qing dynasty Yongzheng Emperor

Arts and mythology

[edit] Nara (Arjuna), Arjuna in his previous birth was Nara Nara (album), by Emily Wurramara Nara (comics), a fictional character from Marvel Comics One of the twins Nara-Narayana in Hindu mythology "Nara", song from the album Unearthed by E.S. Posthumus Shikamaru Nara, fictional character in the manga and anime series Naruto "Nara", "Arrival In Nara" and "Leaving Nara", songs from the 2014 album This Is All Yours by alt-J "Nara", setting of the children's television series Waybuloo

Other uses

[edit] Nara Hotel, a hotel in Nara, Japan Nara Station, a railway station in Nara, Japan Nara Television, a television station in Nara Prefecture, Japan Nara University, a private university in Misasagi-cho, Nara, Japan Nara Women's University, a national university in Nara, Japan Nara period, period of Japanese history, named after the former capital city Japanese ship Nara, (楢 / なら; "oak"), several Japanese ships Nara plant (Acanthosicyos horridus), a melon species of the Namib desert

NARA as an acronym

[edit] NARA may stand for: National Alien Registration Authority, a defunct agency of the Government of Pakistan National Amateur Rowing Association, the governing body for rowing by working men in Britain prior to 1956 National Archives and Records Administration, an agency of the U.S. government Neale Analysis of Reading Ability, an assessment of comprehension and word reading accuracy