Nara or Na-ra may refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

Nara Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the northwest, Wakayama P ...

, a prefecture of Japan **

Nara, Nara is the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 2022, Nara has an estimated population of 367,353 according to World Population Review, making it the largest city in Nara Prefecture and sixth-largest in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara is ...

, the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan * Nara, an ancient Roman city in Tunisia, now called

Bir El Hafey Bir El Hafey (Arabic: بئر الحفي) is a town and commune located at 34°55′48″N 9°12′00″E in the Sidi Bouzid Governorate, in Tunisia (Maghreb, North Africa). As of 2004 it had a population of 6,405.Nara, Attock, a village in Attock, Pakistan * Nara, Jhelum, a village in Jhelum, Pakistan * Nara Matore, a village in Kahuta Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan *

Nara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nara is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's ...

, a Union Council of Abbottabad, Pakistan *

Nara, Mali Nara ( Bambara: ߣߊߙߊ tr. Nara) is a town and rural commune in the Koulikoro Region of southwestern Mali. The town is the administrative center of the Nara Cercle. It is about , south of the international border with Mauritania and approxi ...

, a town in Mali *

Nara Basin The Nara Basin (奈良盆地 ''Nara-bonchi''), also known as the Yamato Basin (大和盆地 ''Yamato-bonchi''), is a valley in the north-western part of Nara Prefecture, Japan. It has an area of roughly . It is surrounded on four sides by mounta ...

, a valley in Nara Prefecture, Japan *

Nara Canal The Nara Canal is a deepened delta channel of the Indus River in Sindh province, Pakistan. It was built as an excavated channel stemming off the left bank of the Indus River to join the course of the old Nara River, a tributary c.q. paleochannel ...

, an excavated waterway in Sindh province, Pakistan *

, a paleochannel of the Indus and the Hakra, partly used by the Nara Canal *

Nara (Oka) The Nara (russian: Нара) is a river in the Moscow Oblast and Kaluga Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Oka. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is .Nara River (India) The Nara River is a river located in Kutch in the Indian state of Gujarat. It flows northeast into the Great Rann of Kutch. The Nara River originates near the Paneli village, in the southeastern parts of Lakhpat tehsil in the Kachchh distric ...

, a river in Gujarat, India *

Nara Burnu Nara Burnu (Turkish language, Turkish "Cape Nara"), formerly Nağara Burnu, in English Nagara Point, and in older sources Point Pesquies, is a headland on the Anatolian side of the Dardanelles Straits, north of Çanakkale. It is the narrowest and, ...

, a cape in Turkey

People and society

Nara people The Nara are an ethnic group inhabiting southwestern Eritrea. The society is divided into four subtribes, who are traditionally animist. They are mostly subsistence farmers. Overview According to the Eritrean government, the Nara are descendants ...

, a Nilotic ethnic minority inhabiting Eritrea *

Nara language The Nara (Nera) or Barea (Barya) language is spoken by the Nara people in an area just to the north of Barentu in the Gash-Barka Region of western Eritrea. The language is often confused with Kunama, which is at best only distantly related. ...

, the mother tongue of the Nara people *

Nara clan Nara (Manchu: , Wade-Giles: nara hala, Chinese: , or ) is a clan name shared by a number of royal Manchu clans. The four tribes of the Hūlun confederation () – Hada (), Ula (), Hoifa () and Yehe () – were all ruled by clans bearing this ...

, a Manchu clan in China *

National Radical Camp The National Radical Camp ( pl, Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny, ONR) refers to at least three groups that are fascist, far-right, and ultranationalist Polish organisations with doctrines stemming from pre-World War II nationalist ideology. The cur ...

or Nara Party, several Polish nationalist groups

People with the name Nara

Given name

Nara Nath Acharya ''Pandit'' ''Kaviraj'' Nara Nath Acharya (1906–1988) was a Nepalese '' Pandit'' (Sanskrit Scholar), ''Kaviraj'' (Ayurvedic physician) and writer of Sanskrit and Nepali language. He is best known for his biography of the poet Bhanubhakta Achary ...

(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 Jang Na-ra (; born March 18, 1981) is a South Korean singer and actress active in both the South Korean and Chinese entertainment industries since 2001. She rose to prominence with her hit studio album ''Sweet Dream'' in 2002, and starred in wel ...

(born 1981), South Korean female singer *

Nara Bahadur Karmacharya Nara Bahadur Karmacharya ( ne, नरबहादुर कर्माचार्य; October 30, 1924 – July 24, 2013) was a Nepalese communist politician, belonging to Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal). Karmacharya was one of ...

, Nepalese politician * Nara Kollery (died 2015), Indian sound recordist *

Kwon Nara Kwon Na-ra () (changed her name legally to Kwon Ah-yoon (), known by her birth name Nara), is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as one of the original members of the South Korean girl group Hello Venus. Career Beginnings an ...

(born 1991), South Korean female singer *

Nara Leão Nara Lofego Leão (; January 19, 1942 – June 7, 1989) was a Brazilian bossa nova and MPB (popular Brazilian music) singer and occasional actress. Her husband was Carlos Diegues, director and writer of ''Bye Bye Brasil''. Life Leão was born ...

(1942–1989), Brazilian female singer *

Nara Lokesh Nara Lokesh (born 23 January 1983) is an Indian politician. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and Nara Bhuvaneshwari, and grandson of N. T. Rama Rao. Lokesh becam ...

(born 1983), Indian male politician *

Nara Rohit Nara Rohit (born 25 July 1984) is an Indian actor and producer works in Telugu films. An alumnus of New York Film Academy, Rohit is known for works such as ''Baanam'' (2009), ''Solo'' (2011), ''Prathinidhi'' (2014), ''Rowdy Fellow'' (2014), ''A ...

(born 1984), Indian film actor and producer *

Nara Bhupal Shah Nara Bhupal Shah ( ne, नरभूपाल शाह) (1697–1743) was a king of the Gorkha Kingdom, which lies in modern day Nepal; and the father of Prithvi Narayan Shah. Nara Bhupal Shah was the son of Birbhadra Shah, the grandson of Prithvip ...

(1697–1743), king of the Gorkha state in Nepal

Surname

* Erika Nara, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *

Kurumi Nara is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 August 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No ...

(born 1991), Japanese tennis player * Rao Nara (1420–1487), crown Prince of Nadol, India *, Japanese basketball player *

Takeji Nara Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Nara was born in what is now part of Kanuma city, Tochigi Prefecture to a farming family. He attended military preparatory schools as a youth, and graduated from the 11th class of the ...

(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 is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Kenyu Office. Biography Nara was born on May 7 in Shiraoka, Saitama. Filmography Anime *''Ace Attorney'' as Masashi Yahari (Larry Butz) *''Allison & Lillia'' as Pilot (ep 15) *''Aria the Natural'' as A ...

, Japanese voice actor *

Wanda Nara Wanda Nara (born 10 December 1986) is an Argentine model, television presenter and football agent. Early life Nara was born on 10 December 1986 in Boulogne Sur Mer, Buenos Aires, to Andrés Nara and Nora Colosimo. She has a younger sister, ...

(born 1986), Argentine media personality and football agent * Yasuyoshi Nara (born 1982), Japanese football player *

Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist. He lives and works in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions since 1984. His art work has been housed at the MoMA and the Los Angeles Coun ...

(born 1959), Japanese artist *

Zaira Nara Zaira Tatiana Nara (; born 15 August 1988) is an Argentine model. Biography Second daughter of Andrés Nara and Nora Colosimo, Zaira is the junior sister of Wanda Nara, and was ranked 47th in a list of the world's sexiest women published by FHM ...

(born 1988), Argentine model and TV host * Ula Nara Duoqimuli, Empress consort of Qing dynasty Yongzheng Emperor

Arts and mythology

Nara (Arjuna) Arjuna (Sanskrit: अर्जुन, ), also known as Partha and Dhananjaya, is a character in several ancient Hindu texts, and specifically one of the major characters of the Indian epic Mahabharata. In the epic, he is the third among Panda ...

, Arjuna in his previous birth was Nara * Nara (comics), a fictional character from Marvel Comics * One of the twins

Nara-Narayana Naranarayana (), also rendered Nara-Narayana, is a Hindu duo of sage-brothers. Generally regarded to be the partial-incarnation (aṃśa-avatara) of the preserver deity, Vishnu, on earth, Nara-Narayana are described to be the sons of Dharma ...

in Hindu mythology * "Nara", song from the album ''Unearthed'' by E.S. Posthumus *

Shikamaru Nara is a fictional character in the manga and anime franchise, ''Naruto'', created by Masashi Kishimoto. In the anime and manga, Shikamaru is a ninja affiliated with the village Hidden in the Leaves. He is a member of Team 10, a group of ninja consis ...

, 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 ''This Is All Yours'' is the second album by English indie rock band alt-J, released on September 22, 2014 through Infectious. It was promoted with four singles: " Hunger of the Pine", "Left Hand Free", " Every Other Freckle", and "Warm Foothill ...

'' by alt-J

Other uses

Nara Hotel is a five star hotel in Nara, Japan. The hotel is located on the hillside overlooking Nara Park. Opened on October 17, 1909, it is one of the most historic hotels in Japan. It was designed by Tatsuno Kingo who was also the designer of the Bank ...

, a hotel in Nara, Japan *

Nara Station is a railway station located in Nara, Japan. Operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), it is the main stop in the city of Nara on the Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line), the terminus for the Sakurai Line (Man-yō Mahoroba Line), and Nara ...

, a railway station in Nara, Japan *

Nara Television Nara Television Co., Ltd. ( ja, 奈良テレビ放送株式会社) is a Japanese television and radio broadcaster founded in 1972 and headquartered in Nara, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island coun ...

, a Japanese television and radio broadcaster headquartered in Nara, Japan * Nara University, a private university in Misasagi-cho, Nara, Japan *

Nara Women's University is a national women's university located in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two national women's universities in the country, the other being Ochanomizu University.For more about the legal status of "national universities" in Japan, s ...

, a national university in Nara, Japan *

Nara period The of the history of Japan covers the years from CE 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Except for a five-year period (740–745), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the cap ...

, period of Japanese history, named after the former capital city * Japanese ship ''Nara'', , several Japanese ships * Nara plant (''

Acanthosicyos horridus ''Acanthosicyos horridus'' is an unusual melon that is endemic to the Namib desert. In English it is known as Nara, butter-nuts, or butterpips; in one of the Khoisan languages it is locally called or ("!" is pronounced with a click, somewhat ...

''), 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 National Amateur Rowing Association (NARA) was founded in 1890 to cater for the large number of working-class men who were prevented from joining the Amateur Rowing Association (ARA) by virtue of their manual occupations. (According to the i ...

, the governing body for rowing by working men in Britain prior to 1956 *

National Archives and Records Administration The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It i ...

, an agency of the U.S. government * Neale Analysis of Reading Ability, an assessment of comprehension and word reading accuracy