Bara may refer to:

Names

Bara (name) Bara is a given name and a surname. As a masculine Arabic name, Bara ()براء) means "innocence". Given name *Bara Mamadou Ndiaye (born 1991), Senegalese football player in Turkey * Bára Nesvadbová (born 1975), Czech writer and journalist Surn ...

, a given name and surname * Barah (surname) or Borah, an Assamese surname

Places

Bhutan

* Bara Gewog, a former village block of Samtse District

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bara Lake Natural lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina take , which is a little more than 0.12% of the total surface area of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Buško Blato is the largest lake, its size being 56.7 km2. Blidinje lake is the largest natural mountain ...

Bara, Bosanski Petrovac Bara is a village in the municipality of Bosanski Petrovac, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country a ...

, a village in Bosanski Petrovac municipality

Germany

Bära The Bära is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Bära is a tributary of the Danube, and originates at the confluence of the Obere Bära (''Upper Bära'') and the Untere Bära (''Lower Bära''). The Bära, together with the Lower Bä ...

, a river in Baden-Württemberg

India

* Bara, Punjab, a village and archaeological site * Bara, Allahabad, a town in Uttar Pradesh * Bara, Dildarnagar, a village in Uttar Pradesh *

Bara, North 24 Parganas Bara is a census town in the Gaighata CD block in the Bangaon subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Bangaon subdivision has 6 police stations including 1 women PS, 3 Community development bl ...

, a census town in West Bengal * Bara, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh

Iran

* Bara, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province

Mali

* Bara, Gao Region, a village and rural commune

Nepal

Bara District Bara District ( ne, बारा जिल्ला ) is one of the seventy–seven districts of Nepal, located in the western part of the Madhesh Province. The district is third richest district in Nepal after Kathmandu and Morang with 3.3% sh ...

, Nepal

Nigeria

Bara, Nigeria Bara is a town in Oyo State of southwestern Nigeria. It is located just west of the Oko-Iressa-Aadu Road. The majority of the people are members of the Yoruba ethnic group. Most of the people are employed in agriculture with locally produced y ...

, a town in Oyo State

Pakistan

Bara, FATA Bara ( ps, باړه; ur, ) is a town located in Bara Tehsil in Khyber Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Kohat is located to the south while Peshawar is located to the north of Bara. Overview Bara is also the name of the local administrative divis ...

, a town in the Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas *

Bara Tehsil Bara Tehsil ( ur, ) is a subdivision located in Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Geography Adjacent administrative units *Nazyan District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (north) *Landi Kotal Tehsil (north) *Jamrud Tehsil (nor ...

, a district in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas *

Bara River Bara River ( ps, باړه سیند; ur, دریائے باڑہ ) is a river in Khyber Agency and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Bara River originates in the Tirah Valley of Bara Tehsil, Khyber Agency. It joins the Kabul River Canal which origi ...

, Khyber Agency

Poland

* Bara, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Romania

Bara, Timiș Bara ( hu, Barafalva; german: Barr) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bara (commune seat), Dobrești, Lăpușnic, Rădmănești and Spata. Bara is located in the northeast of Timiș County, in a hilly area, 70 ...

, a commune in Timiș County *

Bâra Bâra is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bâra, Negrești, and Rediu. In Rediu, in the summer of 2014, the Maryam Mosque for Romanian converts to Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإس� ...

, a commune in Neamţ County * Bâra, a village in

Bereni Bereni ( hu, Székelybere; Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It became an independent commune along with 6 other villages when it split from Măgherani (Nyárádmagyarós) in 2004. It has an absolute ...

Commune, Mureș County * Bâra, a village in

Balta Doamnei Balta Doamnei is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Balta Doamnei, Bâra, Curcubeu, and Lacu Turcului. The commune lies in the Wallachian Plain, on the left bank of the Ialomița River. It is located ...

Commune, Prahova County

Slovakia

* Bara, Trebišov, a village in Trebišov District, Slovakia

Spain

Bara, Aragon Bara is a locality located in the municipality of Sabiñánigo, in Huesca province, Aragon, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 9. Geography Bara is located 72km northeast of Huesca Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain ...

, a village in

Sabiñánigo Sabiñánigo (''Samianigo'' in Aragonese) is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragón Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Arago ...

, Spain

Sudan

Barah, Sudan Barah also Bara is a town in North Kurdufan, central Sudan, in northeastern Africa. It is approximately 30 km north of El-Obeid El-Obeid ( ar, الأبيض, ''al-ʾAbyaḍ'', lit."the White"), also romanized as Al-Ubayyid, is the capital o ...

, a town in Kurdufan, Sudan

Sweden

Bara Hundred A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in northern Germanic countries and related colonies, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions. The equivalent term in Swedish is (in Uppland also ...

, a locality in Scania *

Bara, Scania Bara is a locality situated in Svedala Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 3,444 inhabitants in 2010. Bara is approximately 12 km east of central Malmö. History North of Bara (area called Bara Kyrka) lies Bara church and in 1964, th ...

, Svedala Municipality * Bara, part of

Hörsne-Bara Hörsne-Bara is a populated area, a ''socken'' (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. Formerly two ''sockens'', Hörsne () and Bara, Bara was merged with Hörsne under the name Hörsne ''socken'' or Hörsne with Bara ...

, Gotland

Syria

Bara, Syria Bara or al-Bara ( ar, بارة) is one of the former "Dead Cities" in northwestern Syria. It is located in the Zawiya Mountain approximately north from Hama and approx. 80 km southwest from Aleppo. Al-Bara is also town in Ariha district. ...

, a village

UK

Bara, East Lothian Bara, anciently spelt Baro, is an agricultural parish in East Lothian, Scotland, which adjoins the parish of Garvald to the east, and Lauder across the Lammermuir Hills. It is south-west of Haddington. About 1340, Robert de Lawder, Justiciary ...

, a parish in Scotland

Other uses

* Bara, a former Chilean unit of measurement * Bara or Tetsuo Sakaibara, Japanese musician and former member of

Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by , best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise. Since 1980, Akita has released over 400 recordings and has collaborated with various artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada ...

* Bara, a unit of absolute pressure; see

bar (unit) The bar is a metric unit of pressure, but not part of the International System of Units (SI). It is defined as exactly equal to 100,000 Pa (100 kPa), or slightly less than the current average atmospheric pressure on Earth at sea leve ...

* '' Bara'', a painting by

Jean Jacques Henner Jean-Jacques Henner (5 March 1829 – 23 July 1905) was a French painter, noted for his use of sfumato and chiaroscuro in painting nudes, religious subjects and portraits. Biography Henner was born at Bernwiller (Alsace). He began his studi ...

* Bara (drum), a drum used in Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire * ''Bara'' (film), a 1980 Indian Kannada-language film *

Bara (genre) is a colloquialism for a genre of Japanese art and media known within Japan as or . The genre focuses on male same-sex love, as created primarily by gay men for a gay male audience. ''Bara'' can vary in visual style and plot, but typically f ...

, a genre of Japanese media, especially comics, aimed at gay men * ''Bara'' (insect), a genus of insects in the family

Tetrigidae Tetrigidae is an ancient family in the order Orthoptera, which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers, pygmy grasshoppers,Borror DJ, Tripp ...

called ground-hoppers *

Bara people The Bara people are a Malagasy ethnic group living in the southern part of the central plateaus of Madagascar, in the Toliara Province, concentrated around their historic capital at Ihosy. The Bara are the largest of the island's zebu-herding ...

, a people of central southern Madagascar *

Bara Rifles The Bara Rifles are a paramilitary regiment forming part of the Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North) of Pakistan. The name alludes to the Bara River and Bara Tehsil (a subdivision of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province). The Rifles are tasked w ...

, a Pakistani paramilitary regiment *

British Automation and Robot Association The British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) is a UK trade membership organisation headquartered in Wallington, Surrey. History BARA was founded as the British Robot Association (BRA) in 1977. As a trade and academic membership associa ...

Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, it is the largest hospital in Africa and third largest hospital in the world. It has 6,760 staff members, 3,400 beds and occupies . The hospital is located in the Sow ...

or Bara, a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa *

Vada (food) Vada is a category of savoury fried snacks native to South India. Vadas can be described variously as fritters, cutlets, or dumplings. Alternative names for this food include vadai, vade, and bada. Vadas are sometimes stuffed with vegetables and ...

or Bara, a savoury fritter-type snack from South India