Kira may refer to:
People
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Kira clan
The Kira clan(吉良氏 - kira-shi) was a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880), and was a cadet branch of the Ashikaga family from the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji). Ashikaga Mitsuuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji (1189–1254 ...
, a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880)
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Kira (given name), including a list of people with the given name
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Kira Chikazane
was a senior retainer under the Chōsokabe clan, during the late Sengoku period of Feudal Japan
The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to prehistoric times around 30,000 BC. The Jōmon period, named after ...
(1563–1588), Japanese retainer
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Kira (German singer) (Janine Scholz, born 1978)
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Kira (Belgian singer) (Natasja de Witte, born 1977)
* Kira, uploader of pictures in the
Edison Chen photo scandal
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventi ...
, named after the ''Death Note'' character
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Matúš Kira, Slovak football goalkeeper
Fictional characters
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Kira (given name), including a list of fictional characters with the given name
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Izuru Kira
This is a list of featured in the manga and anime series ''Bleach (manga), Bleach'', created by Tite Kubo. Soul Reapers are a fictional race of spirits who govern the flow of souls between the human world and the afterlife realm called the ''Soul ...
, in the anime ''Bleach''
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Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys is a fictional character in the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993–1999). She was played by actress Nana Visitor. The character is from the fictional planet Bajor, a world which has rec ...
, in ''
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
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Kira Yoshikage, in the manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''
* Sakuya Kira, in the manga and anime ''
Angel Sanctuary
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki. It was serialized in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' from July 1994 to October 2000. It follows Setsuna Mudo, a human teenager who, as the reincarnation of ...
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* Tsubasa Kira, in the anime ''
Love Live!
is a Japanese multimedia project created by Hajime Yatate and Sakurako Kimino and co-produced by Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa through ASCII Media Works; Bandai Namco Music Live through music label Lantis (company), Lantis; and animation studio ...
''
* Kira, an alias of
Light Yagami
is the main protagonist of the manga series ''Death Note'', created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. He is portrayed as a brilliant but bored genius who finds the Death Note, an otherworldly supernatural notebook that allows the user to kill ...
in the manga/anime series ''
Death Note
''Death Note'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to May ...
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Places
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Kira, Aichi
was a town located in Hazu District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
As of May 1, 2004, the town had an estimated population of 22,280 and a population density of 619.2 persons per km2. Its total area was 35.98 km2.
Kira was a coastal settleme ...
, Japan
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Kirən
Kiran (also Kira and Kiren) is a village in the Tovuz Rayon of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country l ...
or Kira, Azerbaijan
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Kira, Burkina Faso
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Kira Rural LLG
Kira Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen ...
, Papua New Guinea
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Kira Town
Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second-largest city by population. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government.
Location
Kira town council was elevate ...
, Uganda
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Kira (crater)
Patsaev is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, to the northeast of the prominent crater Tsiolkovskiy. To the northwest is the smaller crater Lander.
This is a heavily damaged crater that now appears as little more than a ...
, on the far side of the Moon
Other uses
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Kira (Bhutan)
The kira ( dz, དཀྱི་ར་, དཀྱིས་རས་, translit=dkyi-ra, dkyis-ras) is the national dress for women in Bhutan. It is an ankle-length dress consisting of a rectangular piece of woven fabric. It is wrapped and folded aro ...
, the national dress for women in Bhutan
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Kira (title)
, , or (all are Greek for "lady"), was a common title for the women (usually Jewish women, but also Christians), who acted as agents for the women of the Ottoman sultan's Imperial Harem.
History Context and background
The method of using non-Mu ...
, for women who acted on behalf of the Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Empire
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Kira Institute
The Kira Institute is a non-profit organization. It was founded in 1997 to encourage open inquiry
concerning the nature of scientific knowledge and its relation
to other perspectives drawn from a wide variety of fields.
The founders were Piet Hut ...
, a non-profit organization
See also
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Kira Kira (disambiguation) Kira Kira may refer to:
* Kirakira, the provincial capital of the Makira-Ulawa Province in Solomon Islands
* ''Kira-Kira
''Kira-Kira'' is a young adult novel by Cynthia Kadohata. It received the Newbery Medal for children's literature in 2005. ...
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Keira (disambiguation) Keira may refer to:
* Keira (given name)
* The electoral district of Keira, in New South Wales, Australia
* Mount Keira, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
* The Keira dynasty, rulers of Darfur (Sudan, 17th-20th centuries)
* Keira (wrestler)
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Kiera
Kiera is a female given name. It is an Anglicized version of ''Ciara'', the name of a 7th-century saint, and means 'dark' or 'dark haired ' in Irish.
People with this name
*Kiera Aitken (born 1983), swimmer from Bermuda
* Kiera Allen (born 1997), ...
, a given name
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Kirra (disambiguation)
Kirra may refer to:
* Kirra, Phocis, village in Greece
* Kirra, Queensland, Queensland, coastal suburb and surf break
See also
*Kiera
Kiera is a female given name. It is an Anglicized version of ''Ciara'', the name of a 7th-century saint, and m ...
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Kyra (disambiguation)
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Ciara (given name)
Ciara () is a popular Irish language female name and was tenth on the list of most popular names given to baby girls in Ireland in 2006. It is the feminine version of the name Ciarán, meaning "dark-haired", and was also the name of Saint Ciara, ...
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