Boule may refer to:

Ball games

Boules Boules (, ), or ''jeu de boules'', is a collective name for a wide range of games similar to bowls and bocce in which the objective is to throw or roll heavy balls as closely as possible to a small target ball, called the ''jack''. 'Boules' its ...

, a collective term for games involving players throwing balls at a smaller target ball **

Pétanque Pétanque (, ; ; ) is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports (along with Raffa (boules), raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, Bowls, lawn bowls, and Crown green bowls, crown green bowling). In these sports, players or teams play thei ...

, a common variety originating in France and sometimes loosely called "boules" in English **

Boule Lyonnaise ("flying boules"), or ("Lyonnais boules"), is a boules-type game. In ', the balls are thrown or rolled overhand (palm down) or underhand (palm up) and are metal. In non-standard ', the wooden or plastic balls are tossed underhand (palm up) and ...

, another boules game of French origin ** Boule Bretonne, a boules game from Brittany * Boule (gambling game), a game similar to roulette

People

* Boule (community), an Akan people in Côte d'Ivoire, Africa * Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé (1799–1865), French playwright *

Marcellin Boule Pierre-Marcellin Boule (1 January 1861 – 4 July 1942), better known as merely Marcellin Boule, was a French palaeontologist, geologist, and anthropologist. Early life and education Pierre-Marcellin Boule was born in Montsalvy, France. Car ...

(1861–1942), French palaeontologist

Politics

* Boule (ancient Greece), a citizens' council appointed to run daily affairs of a city *

Hellenic Parliament The Parliament of the Hellenes (), commonly known as the Hellenic Parliament (), is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Greece, located in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens. The parliament is the supreme demo ...

, transliterated as Vouli or Boule from Greek

Science and geography

Boule (crystal) A boule is a single crystal, single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means. A boule of silicon is the starting material for most of the integrated circuits used today. In the semiconductor industry synthetic boules can be made by a number o ...

, an ingot of synthetically produced crystal *

Boule (gene) Boll may refer to: * Boll (surname) * Boll, an obsolete Scottish measure of volume * BOLL, a protein in humans * 7873 Böll, a main-belt asteroid * Boll case, a 1958 International Court of Justice case * Boll KG, Uwe Boll's personal production co ...

, an alias for the gene BOLL, responsible for sperm production in animals * , one of the Northern Continental Ranges in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Other uses

* The Boulé, or

Sigma Pi Phi Sigma Pi Phi (), also known as The Boulé, is an African American professional fraternity. Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1904, it is the oldest Greek lettered fraternity for African Americans. The fraternity does not have collegiate ...

fraternity, the oldest fraternity for African Americans named with Greek letters *

Boule (bread) Boule, from French, meaning "ball", is a traditional shape of French bread resembling a squashed ball. A boule can be made using any type of flour and can be leavened with commercial yeast, chemical leavening, or even wild yeast ( sourdough). ...

, a round loaf of white bread * Boule, in

Chadian cuisine Chadian cuisine is the cooking traditions, practices, foods and dishes associated with the Chad, Republic of Chad. Chadians use a medium variety of grains, vegetables, fruits and meats. Commonly consumed grains include millet, sorghum, and rice ...

, a porridge

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