Nara or Na-ra may refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

Nara Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, 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 ...

, a prefecture of Japan **

Nara (city) is the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan. , 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 a core ...

, 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 * Nara, Jhelum, a village in Jhelum, Pakistan * Nara, Rawalpindi, a village in Kahuta Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan *

Nara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nara is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, it located in the southern part of the district History During the Second Sikh War after gaining the support of the Mashwani tribe - ...

, a Union Council of Abbottabad, Pakistan *

Nara, Mali Nara ( Bambara: ߣߊߙߊ tr. Nara) is a town and rural commune in the Koulikoro Region of southwestern Mali. The town is the administrative center of the Nara Cercle. It is about , south of the international border with Mauritania and approxi ...

, a town in Mali *

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 The Nara Canal is a Distributary, delta channel of the Indus River in Sindh province, Pakistan that was built as an excavated channel stemming off the left bank of the Indus River to join the course of the old Nara River, a tributary c.q. paleoch ...

, an excavated waterway in Sindh province, Pakistan *

, a paleochannel of the Indus and the Hakra, partly used by the Nara Canal *

Nara (Oka) The Nara () 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), a river in Gujarat, India *

Nara Burnu Nara Burnu ( Turkish "Cape Nara"), formerly Nağara Burnu, in English Nagara Point, and in older sources Point Pesquies, is a headland on the Anatolian side of the Dardanelles Straits, north of Çanakkale. It is the narrowest and, with , the deep ...

, a cape in Turkey

People and society

Nara people The Nara are an ethnic group inhabiting southwestern Eritrea. The society is divided into four subtribes, who are traditionally animist. They are mostly subsistence farmers. The Nara ethnonym means "Sky Heaven". They also used to call themselves t ...

, a Nilotic ethnic minority inhabiting Eritrea *

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. ...

, the mother tongue of the Nara people *

Nara clan The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It is also task ...

, a Manchu clan in China *

National Radical Camp The National Radical Camp () was an ultranationalist and antisemitic political movement which existed in the pre-World War II Second Polish Republic, and an illegal Polish anti-communist,Nara Nath Acharya ''Pandit'' ''Kaviraj'' Nara Nath Acharya (1906–1988) was a Nepalese ''Pandit'' (Sanskrit Scholar), ''Kaviraj'' (Ayurvedic physician) and writer in Sanskrit and Nepali. He is best known for his biography of his great-uncle, the poet Bhanubhakt ...

(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 *

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 (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded ...

(born 1981), Mexican synchronized swimmer *

Jang Na-ra Jang Na-ra (; born March 18, 1981) is a South Korean actress and singer who has been 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 ...

(born 1981), South Korean female singer *

Nara Bahadur Karmacharya Nara Bahadur Karmacharya (; October 30, 1924 – July 24, 2013) was a Nepalese communist politician, belonging to Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal). Karmacharya was one of the most senior political leaders of the communist movement ...

, Nepalese politician *

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 * ...

(died 2015), Indian sound recordist *

Kwon Nara Kwon Ah-yoon (; born March 13, 1991), better known by the stage name Kwon Nara (), is a South Korean actress and former singer. Before she transitioned to acting career she is best known as one of the original members of the South Korean girl g ...

(born 1991), South Korean female singer *

Nara Leão Nara Lofego Leão (; January 19, 1942 – June 7, 1989) was a Brazilian bossa nova and MPB (popular Brazilian music) singer and occasional actress. Leão was married twice, to Ruy Guerra and subsequently Carlos Diegues, both film directors. ...

(1942–1989), Brazilian female singer *

Nara Bhupal Shah Nara Bhupal Shah (; 1697–1743) was a king of the Gorkha Kingdom, which lies in modern day Nepal; and the father of Prithvi Narayan Shah. Nara Bhupal Shah was the son of Birbhadra Shah, the grandson of Prithvipati Shah. He was the king of the ...

(1697–1743), king of the Gorkha state in Nepal *

Nara Smith Nara Aziza Smith ( Pellmann; born 27 September 2001) is a South African-German model and influencer. She is known on her social media accounts for short cooking videos in which she prepares meals from scratch while wearing extravagant clothing a ...

(born 2001), fashion model and internet personality

Surname

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 is a Japanese former professional tennis player. In her career, she won one singles title on the WTA Tour, with seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 August 2014, she achieved he ...

(born 1991), Japanese tennis player *

Nara Lokesh Nara Lokesh (born 23 January 1983) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister for Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, Real Time Governance and Human Resources Development in the Government of Andhra Prades ...

(born 1983), Indian male politician *

Rao Nara Rao Nara (), (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 Chauhans in the 11th to 14th centuries, but ...

(1420–1487), crown Prince of Nadol, India *, Japanese basketball player *

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 * Tatunca Nara (born 1941), German-Brazilian jungle guide who invented the lost city of Akakor *

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'' a ...

, Japanese voice actor *

Wanda Nara Wanda Nara (born 10 December 1986) is an Argentine model and television presenter. 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, Zaira. Career N ...

(born 1986), Argentine media personality and football agent *

Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist. He lives and works in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions since 1984. His art work has been housed at the MoMA and the Los Angeles Coun ...

(born 1959), Japanese artist * Zaira Nara (born 1988), Argentine model and TV host * Ula Nara Duoqimuli, Empress consort of Qing dynasty Yongzheng Emperor

Arts and mythology

* Nara (Arjuna), Arjuna in his previous birth was Nara * '' Nara (album)'', by Emily Wurramara * Nara (comics), a fictional character from Marvel Comics * One of the twins

Nara-Narayana Naranarayana (), also rendered Nara-Narayana, is a Hindu duo of sage-brothers. Generally regarded to be the partial-incarnation (aṃśa-avatara) of the preserver deity, Vishnu, on earth, Nara-Narayana are described to be the sons of Dharma ...

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 ...

Shikamaru Nara is a fictional character in the manga and anime franchise, ''Naruto'', created by Masashi Kishimoto. In the manga, Shikamaru is a shinobi affiliated with the village Hidden in the Leaves. He is a member of Team 10, a group of ninja consisting of ...

, 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 ''This Is All Yours'' is the second album by English indie rock band Alt-J, released on 22 September 2014 through Infectious. It was promoted with four singles: " Hunger of the Pine", " Left Hand Free", " Every Other Freckle", and "Warm Foothill ...

'' by alt-J * "Nara", setting of the children's television series ''

Waybuloo ''Waybuloo'' is a Live-action animation, live-action animated children's television series created by Dan Good and Absolutely Cuckoo. Set in the fictional land of Nara, it features four Computer-generated imagery, CGI creatures with large heads ...

Other uses

* Nara Hotel, a hotel in Nara, Japan *

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 Na ...

, a railway station in Nara, Japan *

Nara Television Nara Television Co., Ltd. () is a Japanese television and radio broadcaster founded in 1972 and headquartered in Nara, Japan. History Nara TV was founded on February 7, 1972 by Isamu Saeki, then president of Kinki Nippon Railway. Broadcasts star ...

, a Japanese television and radio broadcaster headquartered in Nara, Japan *

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 agency of the United States government within the executive branch, charged with the p ...

, a private university in Misasagi-cho, Nara, Japan *

Nara Women's University is a national women's university located in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two national women's universities in the country, the other being Ochanomizu University.For more about the legal status of "national universities" in Japan, ...

, a national university in Nara, Japan *

Nara period The of the history of Japan covers the years from 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 capita ...

, 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, 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, so ...

''), a melon species of the Namib desert

NARA as an acronym

NARA may stand for: *

National Alien Registration Authority The National Alien Registration Authority (NARA) was a former institution of the Government of Pakistan, under the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control, for the main purpose of legally registering and documenting immigrants and other forei ...

, a defunct agency of the Government of Pakistan *

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 *

National Archives and Records Administration The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It is also task ...