Nara

Nara or Na-ra may refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

Nara Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan
- Nara, Nara, the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan
Nara (see), an ancient Roman city and bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see in Tunisia
Nara, Attock, a village in Attock, Pakistan
Nara, Jhelum, a village in Jhelum, Pakistan
Nara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a Union Council of Abbottabad, Pakistan
Nara, Mali, a town in Mali

Nara Basin, a valley in Nara Prefecture, Japan

Nara Canal, an excavated waterway in Sindh province, Pakistan

Nara (Oka), a river in Russia

Nara River (India), a river in Gujarat, India
Nara Burnu, a cape in Turkey

People and society

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

People with the name Nara

Given name

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 Lokesh (born 1983), Indian male politician
Nara Rohit (born 1984), Indian film actor and producer
Nara Bhupal Shah (1697–1743), king of the Gorkha state in Nepal

Surname

Erika Nara, Japanese Paralympic swimmer
Kurumi Nara (born 1991), Japanese tennis player
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
Yasuyoshi Nara (born 1982), Japanese football player
Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959), Japanese artist
Zaira Nara (born 1988), Argentine model and TV host

Arts and mythology

Nara (Arjuna), Arjuna in his previous birth was Nara
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

Other uses

Nara Hotel, a hotel in Nara, Japan
Nara Station, a railway station in Nara, Japan
Nara Television, a Japanese television and radio broadcaster headquartered in Nara, 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

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

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