Bira may refer to:

Places

Greece

Boura (Achaea) Bura (also Boura, Bira; grc, Βοῦρα) was an ancient polis (city-state) of Achaea, Greece, one of the 12 cities of the Achaean League. It is said to have derived its name from Bura, a daughter of Ion and Helice. The city was situated on a ...

(alternatively spelled Bira or Bura), an ancient city of Achaea, Greece

India

Bira, North 24 Parganas Bira is a census town in the Habra II CD block in the Barasat Sadar subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Bira is located at . Area overview The area covered in the map alongs ...

, a census town in West Bengal, India ** Bira railway station

Lebanon

Bireh, Akkar Bire Akkar ( ar, (بيرة (عكار)) ) is a small town in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, close to the border with Syria. The population in Bire Akkar is mainly Sunni Muslims. History In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village, whose inhabitants ...

Al-Bireh, Rashaya Al-Bireh, El Bire, Biré, El Bireh (Arabic: البيرة) or Birra (time of Crusades) is a town in the Rashaya District, south-eastern portion of the Bekaa Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon. Al-Bireh is part of the Rashaya municipal distri ...

Palestine

Al-Bireh Al-Bireh, al-Birah, or el-Bira ( ar, البيرة; also known historically as Castrum Mahomeria, Magna Mahomeria, Mahomeria Major, Birra, or Beirothah) is a State of Palestine, Palestinian city in the central West Bank, north of Jerusalem. It i ...

Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate The Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate ( ar, محافظة رام الله والبيرة ') is one of 16 governorates of Palestine. It covers a large part of the central West Bank, on the northern border of the Jerusalem Governorate. Its district ...

Al-Bira, Baysan Al-Bira ( ar, البيرة), is a depopulated former Palestinian village located 7.5 km north of Baysan. During Operation Gideon, the village was occupied by the Golani Brigade. History It has been suggested that the village was the site me ...

, Palestinian village, depopulated 1948

Russia

Bira, Russia Bira (russian: Бира) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Obluchensky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Population: History Bira railway station was built in 1908. In 1937, a larger railway station and a depot w ...

, an urban-type settlement in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia *

Bira (river) The Bira (russian: Бира) is a river in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. The name derives from the Jurchen and Manchu word ''bira'' meaning "river". It is long, and has a drainage basin of . It is one of the largest, left tributaries of t ...

, a tributary of the Amur in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia

Turkey

* Bira, modern-day

Birecik Birecik; ku, Bêrecûk is a town and district of Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey, on the Euphrates. Built on a limestone cliff 400 ft. high on the left/east bank of the Euphrates, "at the upper part of a reach of that river, which runs nearl ...

, a town in

Şanlıurfa Province Şanlıurfa Province ( tr, Şanlıurfa ili; ku, Parêzgeha Rihayê) or simply Urfa Province is a province in southeastern Turkey. The city of Şanlıurfa is the capital of the province which bears its name. The population is 1,845,667 (2014). The ...

Other uses

Biotin Biotin (or vitamin B7) is one of the B vitamins. It is involved in a wide range of metabolic processes, both in humans and in other organisms, primarily related to the utilization of fats, carbohydrates, and amino acids. The name ''biotin'', bor ...

ligase (BirA), an enzyme used in biotechnology *

Bira (footballer) Ubiraci Ferreira dos Santos , commonly known as Bira , (born 27 April 1969) is a former Brazilian association football, footballer. Club career Bira played for America Football Club (RJ), América-RJ and Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Min ...

(born 1969), Brazilian association football player *

Prince Bira Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh ( th, พีรพงศ์ภาณุเดช; ; 15 July 191423 December 1985), better known as Prince Bira of Siam (now Thailand) or by his ''nom de course'' B. Bira, was a member of the Chakri dyna ...

(1914–1985), motor racing driver *

Bira ceremony Bira is an all-night ritual, celebrated by Shona people from Zimbabwe in which members of an extended family call on ancestral spirits for guidance and intercession. Shona people believe that the only ones who can communicate with both the living ...

, a Shona spiritual ceremony where the ancestral spirits communicate with the living * Bira people, a tribe in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo *

Bira Circuit Bira Circuit is a motor racing track in Thailand, located in 111 Moo 5 Banglamung, Chonburi, northeast of Pattaya. The circuit is located on State Highway 36 which is from Bangkok and from the CBD of Pattaya. The venue is named after first Th ...

, a motorsport venue in Thailand *

Emakumeen Euskal Bira The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stages was always a double stag ...

, a women's cycling race held in the Basque region of Spain * Ubirajara Penacho dos Reis (1934–2019), a Brazilian musician (

Programa do Jô ''Programa do Jô'' (Portuguese for ''Jô's Show'') is a Brazilian late-night talk show that was broadcast by Rede Globo from April 3, 2000 to December 16, 2016. It was shown after the late-night news bulletin, '' Jornal da Globo''. The program ...

) known as Bira *

Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Ubiratan "Bira" Pereira Maciel, commonly known as Bira Maciel, or simply Bira (January 18, 1944 – July 17, 2002), was a professional basketball player from Brazil. He was born in São Paulo, Brazil. At a height of 1.99 m (6' 6") tall, he played ...

(1944–2002), Brazilian basketball player known as Bira *

Bira 91 Bira 91 is an Indian craft beer brand manufactured by B9 Beverages Pvt. Ltd., launched in 2015. The company's first brewery unit was located in Flanders region of Belgium where a craft distillery was used to contract manufacture the beer with i ...

, a craft beer brand