Nara or Na-ra may refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

Japan

  • Nara Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan
  • Nara (city), the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan
  • Nara Basin, a valley in Nara Prefecture

Pakistan

  • Nara, Attock, a village in Attock District, Punjab
  • Nara, Jhelum, a village in Jhelum District, Punjab
  • Nara, Rawalpindi, a village in Kahuta Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab
  • Nara, Abbottabad, a Union Council of Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkwa
  • Nara Canal, an excavated waterway in Sindh province, Pakistan

Elsewhere

  • Nara, an ancient Roman city in Tunisia, now called Bir El Hafey
  • Nara, Mali, a town in Mali
  • Nara (Oka), a river in Russia
  • Nara River (India), a river in Gujarat, India
  • Nara Burnu, a cape in Turkey

People and society

  • Nara people, a Nilotic ethnic minority inhabiting Eritrea
  • Nara language, the mother tongue of the Nara people
  • Nara clan, a Manchu clan in China
  • National Radical Camp or Nara Party, several Polish nationalist groups

People with the name Nara

Given name

  • Nara Nath Acharya (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 (born 1981), Mexican synchronized swimmer
  • Jang Na-ra (born 1981), South Korean female singer
  • Nara Bahadur Karmacharya, Nepalese politician
  • Nara Kollery (died 2015), Indian sound recordist
  • Kwon Nara (born 1991), South Korean female singer
  • Nara Leão (1942–1989), Brazilian female singer
  • Nara Bhupal Shah (1697–1743), king of the Gorkha state in Nepal
  • Nara Smith (born 2001), fashion model and internet personality

Surname

  • Erika Nara, Japanese Paralympic swimmer
  • Kurumi Nara (born 1991), Japanese tennis player
  • Nara Lokesh (born 1983), Indian male politician
  • Rao Nara (1420–1487), crown Prince of Nadol, India
  • , Japanese basketball player
  • Takeji Nara (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, Japanese voice actor
  • Wanda Nara (born 1986), Argentine media personality and football agent
  • Yoshitomo Nara (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 in Hindu mythology
  • "Nara", song from the album Unearthed by E.S. Posthumus
  • Shikamaru Nara, 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 by alt-J
  • "Nara", setting of the children's television series Waybuloo

Other uses

  • Nara Hotel, a hotel in Nara, Japan
  • Nara Station, a railway station in Nara, Japan
  • Nara Television, a television station in Nara Prefecture, Japan
  • Nara University, a private university in Misasagi-cho, Nara, Japan
  • Nara Women's University, a national university in Nara, Japan
  • Nara period, period of Japanese history, named after the former capital city
  • Japanese ship Nara, , several Japanese ships
  • Nara plant (Acanthosicyos horridus), a melon species of the Namib desert

NARA as an acronym

NARA may stand for:

  • National Alien Registration Authority, a defunct agency of the Government of Pakistan
  • National Amateur Rowing Association, the governing body for rowing by working men in Britain prior to 1956
  • National Archives and Records Administration, an agency of the U.S. government
  • Neale Analysis of Reading Ability, an assessment of comprehension and word reading accuracy

See also

  • Narra (disambiguation)
  • Naro (disambiguation)
  • Nari (disambiguation)