Shira may refer to:

Geography

*Shira, or

Sira, Karnataka Sira is a city and taluk headquarters of Sira Taluk of Tumakuru district in the state of Karnataka, India. It lies on the AH 47, NH 48 (earlier NH 4). Geography Sira is located at . It has an average elevation of 662 metres (2171 ...

, a taluk in Tumkur district, Karnataka, India *

Shira, Iran Shira ( fa, شيرا, also Romanized as Shīrā; also known as Ḩoseynābād and Shīr) is a village in Emamzadeh Abdollah Rural District, Dehferi District, Fereydunkenar County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Isla ...

, in Mazandaran Province *

Shira, Nigeria Shira is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Yana. It has an area of 1,321 km and a population of 234,014 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in various ...

Shira, Russia Shira (russian: Шира; Khakas: Сыра, ''Sıra'') is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Shirinsky District of the Republic of Khakassia, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinen ...

, a rural locality (''selo'') in Shirinsky District, Republic of Khakassia, Russia **

Shira (railway station) Shira is a railway station of the Abakan region of the Krasnoyarsk Railway on the line crossing between Achinsk Krasnoyarsk Krai ( on the main course of the Trans–Siberian Railway) and Tigey Khakassia ( railway junction with the South ...

Lake Shira Lake Shira is a meromictic lake (the water layers do not mix), located in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The lake covers an area of in a steppe landscape in the Minusinsk Hollow. Height above sea level , a relatively flat intermountain area 1 ...

, a lake near Shira in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia *

River Shira River Shira ( gd, Siara / Abhainn Siara) is the river that runs for about 7 miles through Glen Shira, originating in north-east at 350 meter altitude, near the start of the River Fyne. Shira runs into the 5 MW Sron Mor (''Big Nose'') power ...

, a river in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, that flows into Dubh Loch *The western peak of

Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and ab ...

People and characters

Shira (given name) Shira (Hebrew: שירה) is a Hebrew feminine given name meaning "poetry", "singing" or "music". It was the second most popular name given to girls born in Israel in 2012. * Shira Arad *Shira Geffen *Shira Haas *Shira Kammen *Shira Lazar *Shira ...

, a Hebrew feminine name *

Charles Shira Charles N. Shira (September 23, 1926 – January 2, 1976) was an American college football coach and athletic director. He served as head coach of Mississippi State University from 1967 to 1972 and compiled a combined record of 16–45–2. Shira r ...

, former head football coach at Mississippi State University * Nihim D. Shira, Indian politician *Shira, a character in the film ''Ice Age: Continental Drift''

Other uses

* ''Shira'' (book), a 1971 novel by Israeli Nobel Prize laureate Shmuel Yosef Agnon *

Shira language Shira is a Bantu language of Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea t ...

, a Bantu language of Gabon *

Shira people The Sira or Shira people, the ''Eshira'', are a Punu ethnic group of Gabon primarily living in the forests and grasslands south of the Ogooué River and west of its tributary the N'Gounié. Origin and Ethnogenesis According to the oral tradition ...

, a Punu ethnic group of Gabon *Shira, or

Sajjige Suji is a type of halvah made by toasting semolina (called सूजी, suji, sooji or रवा, rawa in India) in a fat like ghee or oil, and adding a sweetener like sugar syrup or honey. It can be served for breakfast or as a dessert item. ...

, an Indian sweet dish (halva) prepared from rava or sajjige (semolina) of wheat

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