Runa may refer to:
People
American
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Runa Lucienne
Runa Alyse Lucienne (born August 6, 1994) is a Guyanese and American model, actress, and social media influencer with over 3.35 million followers across social media. Beginning her career in her late-teens, Lucienne has appeared in numerous telev ...
(born 1988), model and actress
Bengali
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Runa Islam
Runa Islam ( bn, রুনা ইসলাম; born 10 December 1970) is a Bangladeshi-born British visual artist and filmmaker based in London. She was a nominee for the 2008 Turner Prize. She is principally known for her film works.
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(born 1970), artist
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Runa Laila
Runa Laila ( bn, রুনা লায়লা, ur, ; born 17 November 1952) is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. She started her career in Pakistan film industry in the late 1960s. Her style of singing is inspired by Pakistani p ...
(born 1952), singer
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Runa Basu
Runa Basu, born in Calcutta, West Bengal, is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependenc ...
, cricketer
Canadian
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Runa Reta
Runa Reta (born December 14, 1980) is a Canadian former professional squash player, who competed on the women's tour. She has left Bermuda
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, anthem = "God Save the King"
, song_type = National song
, song = "Hail to Bermuda"
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(born 1980), squash player
Japanese
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Runa Akiyama
was a Japanese voice actress. Her real name was . She was born in the Metropolitan area of Tokyo, Japan. She was affiliated with the voice talent management group 81 Produce at the time of her death.
Later years
During her later life, her work w ...
(1954-2014), actress
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Runa Imai
is a Japanese swimmer. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 meter individual medley. She swam the 11th best time in the heats and qualified for the semifinals, where she was eliminated with a 15th-place finish ...
(born 2000), swimmer
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Runa Takamura
(September 18, 1952, in Kobe – March 6, 2004, in Honolulu) was a J-pop singer, actress and dancer of Japanese and German descent. Later in her career, she became particularly known for her two Nikkatsu ''Roman Porno'' films released in 1976.
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(1952–2004), J-pop singer, actress, and dancer
Nepalese
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Runa Pradhan
Runa Pradhan ( ne, रुना प्रधान) (born December 5, 1984) is a Nepalese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Pradhan competed for Nepal, as a 15-year-old teen, in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Su ...
(born 1984), swimmer
Norwegian
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Runa Førde (born 1933), painter, illustrator and graphic artist
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Runa Vikestad
Runa Vikestad (born 13 August 1984) is a Norway, Norwegian women's soccer, football defender (soccer), defender, currently playing for Kolbotn Fotball in the Toppserien. She has also played for IF Fløya and Elitedivisionen, Denmark's Fortuna Hj ...
(born 1984), footballer
Fictional characters
*Runa, an Utgar Minion Kyrie character from the ''
HeroScape
''Heroscape'' (stylized as "heroScape" or "HeroScape") is an expandable turn-based miniature wargaming system originally manufactured by Hasbro subsidiaries from 2004 until its discontinuation in November 2010. Geared towards younger players, th ...
'' miniature wargame
*Rūna, a
Valkyrie
In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ("chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla. There, the deceased warriors become (Old Norse "single (or once) fighters"Orchard (1997:36) ...
in Marvel Comics
*Runa Rindo from
Fairy Navigator Runa
* Runa Kuribayashi, a second managers of Jōzenji High School Volleyball in ''
Haikyū!!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 ''tankōbon ...
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*Runa Tokisaka, from the anime ''
The SoulTaker
is an anime series that focuses on seventeen-year-old Kyosuke Date who was killed by his mother Mio Date, and afterward gained the ability to turn into an incredibly powerful winged mutant known as "The SoulTaker" and that he has a long-los ...
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*Runa Yomozuki from the manga/anime series ''
Kakegurui''
*The alternate name of Luna from the
Casshan
''Casshan'', also known in Japan as , is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973.
The ''Casshern'' franchise also includes a 1993 original video animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV ...
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Casshern
''Casshan'', also known in Japan as , is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973.
The ''Casshern'' franchise also includes a 1993 original video animation titled '' Casshan: Robot Hunter'', and a 2004 ...
series
*The alternate name of Luna Platz from
Mega Man Star Force
, , and are 2006 action role-playing video games developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console; combined, they are the first game in the ''Mega Man Star Force'' series, a sub series of the greater ''Mega Man'' ...
Places
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Runa, Portugal
Runa is a former civil parish (''freguesia'') in the Portuguese municipality of Torres Vedras. The community had 1004 inhabitants as of June 30, 2011.
On September 29, 2013, the civil parishes of Runa and Dois Portos were merged to form the new ...
, a ''
freguesia
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...
'' in
Torres Vedras
Torres Vedras () is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, approximately north of the capital Lisbon in the Oeste region, in the Centro of Portugal. The population was 83,075, in an area of .
History
In 1148, Afonso I took th ...
, Portugal
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Runa, West Virginia
Runa is an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographe ...
Other uses
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Runa (given name) Runa is a feminine given name with multiple origins from different, unrelated cultures.
Runa or Rúna is a feminine given name of Old Norse origin meaning ''rune'' or ''secret lore.'' It is a feminine version of the name Rune.
It is also in occas ...
, the origins of the name
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Runa (band)
Runa is a Celtic music group. They combine the traditional music of Ireland and Scotland with modern music such as folk and jazz. The band members are based in Philadelphia, Nashville, and Chicago - they come from Ireland, USA and Canada. Their in ...
, a Celtic-music band from Newtown, PA
* , a British cargo ship in service 1949–64
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Runa LLC
Runa LLC is a privately held organic Amazonian beverage company that processes and sells guayusa. The company is based in Brooklyn, New York, with offices in Quito and Archidona, Ecuador. It was founded in 2008 by two Brown University graduates, ...
, an American and Ecuadorian beverage company
* A person who speaks
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
See also
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Rune (disambiguation)
A rune is a letter in a set of related alphabets.
Rune or Runes may also refer to:
People
* Rune (given name), a Scandinavian given name
* Holger Rune (born 2003), Danish tennis player
* Michael Rune, Danish 21st century saxophonist
* Rune N ...
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Rune (given name)
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