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
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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
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Nara, Jhelum
Nara is a village and union council of Jhelum District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is part of Jhelum Tehsil
Jhelum Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Jhelum District in Punjab province, Pakistan. The tehsil is subdivided i ...
, a village in Jhelum, Pakistan
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Nara Matore
Nara is located in District Rawalpindi, Tehsil Kahuta and province Punjab, Pakistan which is 74 km far from capital towards east. It was known as the home of many Sikh
Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikh ...
, a village in Kahuta Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan
* Nara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a Union Council of Abbottabad, Pakistan
* Nara, Mali, a town in Mali
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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 mountai ...
, a valley in Nara Prefecture, Japan
* Nara Canal, an excavated waterway in Sindh province, Pakistan
* Nara Canal, a paleochannel of the Indus and the Hakra, partly used by the Nara Canal
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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, a cape in Turkey
People and society
* Nara people, a Nilotic ethnic minority inhabiting Eritrea
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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.
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, the mother tongue of the Nara people
* Nara clan, a Manchu clan in China
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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
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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
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Nara Falcón
Nara Falcón (born 19 December 1982) is a Mexican former synchronized swimmer.
Nara competed in the women's duet at the 2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officiall ...
(born 1981), Mexican synchronized swimmer
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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
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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
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Nara Kollery
Narayanan Valiya Kollery was a sound recordist from Mahé in Kerala, India.
Work
Kollery worked as a sound recordist and mixer in Paris, France and worked on the following films:
* 1985 - ''Asterix Versus Caesar'' - sound recordist
* 1983 - ...
(died 2015), Indian sound recordist
* Kwon Nara (born 1991), South Korean female singer
* Nara Leão (1942–1989), Brazilian female singer
* Nara Lokesh (born 1983), Indian male politician
* Nara Rohit (born 1984), Indian film actor and producer
* Nara Bhupal Shah (1697–1743), king of the Gorkha state in Nepal
Surname
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Erika Nara
is a Paralympic swimmer from Japan, competing mainly in category S6 events.
Nara was part of the Japanese team that broke the world record in the 4 x 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, At the same games she also finished ...
, Japanese Paralympic swimmer
* Kurumi Nara (born 1991), Japanese tennis player
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Rao Nara
Rao Nara ( hi, राव नरा), (born in c. 1420 and died 1487). Rao Nara was of Rathore lineage and the crown Prince of Nadol, the then small kingdom in northwest India in the 15th century. Nadol had been ruled by the Chahamanas of Naddul ...
(1420–1487), crown Prince of Nadol, India
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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
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Tatunca Nara
Tatunca Nara, born Hans Günther Hauck (born October 5, 1941 in Coburg), is a German-Brazilian jungle guide and self-styled Indian chieftain, best known for inventing the stories of the lost city of Akakor.
Personal life
In the late 1980s, Germ ...
(born 1941), German-Brazilian jungle guide who invented the lost city of Akakor
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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
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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
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Yasuyoshi Nara
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Nara was born in Yokosuka on December 12, 1982. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Consadole Sapporo in 2001. On March 9, 2002, he debuted as substitute from the 78th ...
(born 1982), Japanese football player
* Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959), Japanese artist
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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
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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
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Nara (comics)
''Avengers Arena'' is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics that debuted in December 2012 as part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch. The series shows 16 young heroes from the Marvel Universe and pit them against each other in a kill-or-be-kill ...
, a fictional character from Marvel Comics
* One of the twins Nara-Narayana in Hindu mythology
* "Nara", song from the album ''Unearthed'' by
E.S. Posthumus
E.S. Posthumus was an independent music group that produced a form of 21st-century classical music/epic music that intertwined popular style drum rhythms with orchestral and electronic sounds. Their music is inspired by the Pythagorean philosophy ...
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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'' by alt-J
Other uses
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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
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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, a Japanese television and radio broadcaster headquartered in Nara, Japan
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Nara University
is a private university of approximately 3,700 students, in Misasagi-cho, Nara
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged w ...
, a private university in Misasagi-cho, Nara, Japan
* Nara Women's University, a national university in Nara, Japan
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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 ...
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
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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 ...