Sira may refer to:

Languages

Sira languages The Sira languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.40 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), together with a couple languages from H10, they form a valid node. They are: : (B.40) Punu, Bwisi, Varama, V ...

, a clade of Bantu languages **

Sira 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 ...

, a Bantu language of Gabon

Places

Czech Republic

* Sirá, a municipality and village

India

* Province of Sira, a historical Mughal province in southern India * Sira, India, a city in Tumkur district of Karnataka, India *

Sira Taluk Sira is a taluk of Tumkur district in the state of Karnataka, India. Its headquarters, Sira city lies on the NH 48 (earlier NH 4) History Sira was politically and militarily an important region of south India prior to the British Raj. Sira P ...

, whose headquarters are in Sira

Iran

* Sira, Iran, a village in Alborz Province, Iran

Norway

* Sira, Norway, a village in Flekkefjord municipality, Agder county *

Sira River Sira is a river in southwestern Norway. The long river flows begins in the Sirdalsheiane mountains near the borders of Agder and Rogaland counties. The headwaters of the river is the lake Ytre Storevatnet and it flows south through the Sirdalen ...

, a river running through the Sirdalen valley in Agder and Rogaland counties

Religion

* Sīra, prophetic biography in Islam *

Sīra shaʿbiyya ''Sīra shaʿbiyya'' is a genre in Islamic literature consisting of long heroic narrative. The ''sīra''s are generally historical fictions, using historical settings, characters and events and focussing on military exploits. They are typical writ ...

, popular epic in Arabic *

Sira Church (Nesset) Sira Church or Eresfjord Church ( no, Sira kyrkje/Eresfjord kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eresfjord. It is the church for the Eresfjo ...

, a parish church in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Sirat Rasul Allah, the traditional name for biographies of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad * Sira, title in

Old West Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlement ...

for a priest

Other uses

Sira (notified body) Sira is a UK-based notified body, specialising in ATEX, IECEX and North American product approvals. Foundation Sira began life as the British Scientific Instrument Research Association (BSIRA). It was founded in 1918 by a Committee of the Pr ...

, engineering companies based in South London *

Sira Fortress Sira Fortress/Castle (قلعة صيرة) is a military site in Aden, Yemen. The original fortress dates to the 11th century, and is still in use today by the Yemeni military.Walker, Jenny, Stuart Butler, Frances Linzee Gordon, Terry Carter, ...

, Aden, Yemen *

Şıra Şıra or sira is a Turkish non-alcoholic drink made from slightly fermented grape juice. It tastes sweet due to the high fructose it contains. Its colour is terracotta. It's mostly served with İskender kebap. A flavored version of şıra is serve ...

, a Turkish drink * SirA or

Uroporphyrinogen-III C-methyltransferase Uroporphyrinogen-III C-methyltransferase (), ''uroporphyrinogen methyltransferase'', ''uroporphyrinogen-III methyltransferase'', ''adenosylmethionine-uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferase'', ''S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent uroporphyrinogen III ...

, an enzyme