Boke may refer to:
People
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Ariq Böke
Ariq Böke (after 1219–1266), the components of his name also spelled Arigh, Arik and Bukha, Buka ( mn, Аригбөх, Arigböh, ; ), was the seventh and youngest son of Tolui and a grandson of Genghis Khan. After the death of his brother the ...
, grandson of Genghis Khan and claimant to the Mongol Empire
* Abba Boke, first king of the
Kingdom of Gomma in the Gibe region of Ethiopia
* Uncle Boke, the uncle of author
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker, who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African Amer ...
described in'' Colored People''
Places
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Boke (woreda)
Boke is a Aanaa in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Part of the West Hararghe Zone, Boke is bordered on the south by the Shabelle River which separates it from the Bale Zone, on the southwest by Darolebu, on the northwest by Habro, on the north ...
, a district in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia
* Boke, a district in
Delbrück
Delbrück () is a town in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the district Paderborn.
History
The first document mentioning the town dates to 1219. In 1410, the town was destroyed by fire during a conflict between the bisho ...
, Germany
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Boké
Boké is the capital city of Boké Prefecture within the Boké Region of Lower Guinea near the border with Guinea-Bissau. It is also a sub-prefecture of Guinea. Located along the Rio Nuñez which flows to its not-too-distant mouth on the Atla ...
, a city in Lower Guinea
Fictional characters
* Boke, several characters in the works of
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bo ...
* Mr. Boke, a detective in ''Flight of Faviel'' by
Robert Ernest Vernède
* Boke, a role of
Howard Keel
Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer, known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s and in the CBS te ...
in ''The Small Voice''
* Boke, a pet dog in ''
Judo Boy
is a Japanese anime television series created by Tatsuo Yoshida and directed by Ippei Kuri. The series aired on Fuji TV from April 2, 1969, to September 24, 1969, totaling 26 episodes. Two manga adaptations were created, the first publish ...
''
* Miss Ethel Boke, a character in the novel ''Seventeen'' by
Booth Tarkington
Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels '' The Magnificent Ambersons'' (1918) and '' Alice Adams'' (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitz ...
* Boke Kellum, Western TV star in
Dan Jenkins
Daniel Thomas Jenkins (December 2, 1928 – March 7, 2019) was an American author and sportswriter who often wrote for ''Sports Illustrated''. He was also a high-standard amateur golfer who played college golf at Texas Christian University.
Ear ...
' ''Semi-Tough''
* Boke-gaeru ("stupid frog"), Natsumi Hinata's epithet for Sergeant Keroro in ''
Sgt. Frog
''Sgt. Frog'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mine Yoshizaki. It was launched in ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' in April 1999. The story follows the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to c ...
''
Others
* Bökh (or Böke), a form of
Mongolian wrestling
Mongolian wrestling, known as Bökh (Mongolian script: ; Mongolian Cyrillic: Бөх or Үндэсний бөх), is the folk wrestling style of Mongols in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and other regions where touching the ground with anything other th ...
* ''Boke'', the "simple-minded" character in a Manzai team, a form of ''
Owarai
is a broad word used to describe Japanese comedy as seen on television. The word ''owarai'' is the honorific form of the word ''warai'' (by adding o- prefix), meaning "a laugh" or "a smile". ''Owarai'' is most common on Japanese variety show ...
kombi'' (Japanese comedy act)
* ''Boke no mi'' or Japanese quince, a flowering shrub of the genus ''
Chaenomeles''
* ''
Bokeh
In photography, bokeh ( or ; ) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in out-of-focus parts of an image. Bokeh has also been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light". Differences in lens aberrations and ...
'' (or ''boke''), a Japanese word used in photography to describe the out-of-focus quality of a lens
* Bhoke (station code BOKE), a
railway station in India
* Boke Press, the personal press of
Joe Brainard
Joe Brainard (March 11, 1942 – May 25, 1994) was an American artist and writer associated with the New York School. His prodigious and innovative body of work included assemblages, collages, drawing, and painting, as well as designs for book ...
and
Kenward Elmslie
Kenward Gray Elmslie (April 27, 1929 – June 29, 2022) was an American author, performer, editor and publisher associated with the New York School of poetry.
Life and career
Kenward Gray Elmslie was born to William and Constance Pulitzer in M ...
.
See also
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Democratic Centre of Boka
Democratic Centre of Boka () is a former minor Serb nationalist political party in Montenegro. The party was based in the coastal town of Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi ( cyrl, Херцег Нови, ) is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the We ...
(), a political party in Montenegro
* Oboke and Koboke, two valleys in
Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
* "Fuyōi na Boke to Yasashisa ga Fukō o Yobu", an
episode of ''Hayate the Combat Butler''
* "Bolden Boke Boy", a song by
Will Oldham
Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Flophouse, Palace Br ...
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Boak Boak is a family name. Notable people with the name include:
* Chet Boak (1935–1983), American baseball player
* John Boak (1837–1876), Scottish cricketer
* Keith Boak, British television director
* Robyn Boak (born 1955), former Australian spr ...
, a surname
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Bokeh (disambiguation)
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Bouquet (disambiguation)
Bouquet, a word of French origin, pronounced , may refer to:
Decorative or creative arrangements
* Flower bouquet, an arrangement of cut flowers
* Fruit bouquet, a fruits arrangement in the form of bouquet
* Bouquet garni, a bundle of herbs used ...
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