Nara or Na-ra may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions
Japan
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Nara Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan
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Nara (city), the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan
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Nara Basin, a valley in Nara Prefecture
Pakistan
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Nara, Attock, a village in Attock District, Punjab
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Nara, Jhelum, a village in Jhelum District, Punjab
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Nara, Rawalpindi, a village in Kahuta Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab
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Nara, Abbottabad, a Union Council of Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkwa
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Nara Canal, an excavated waterway in Sindh province, Pakistan
Elsewhere
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Nara, an ancient Roman city in Tunisia, now called Bir El Hafey
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Nara, Mali, a town in Mali
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Nara (Oka), a river in Russia
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Nara River (India), a river in Gujarat, India
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Nara Burnu, a cape in Turkey
People and society
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Nara people, a Nilotic ethnic minority inhabiting Eritrea
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Nara language, the mother tongue of the Nara people
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Nara clan, a Manchu clan in China
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National Radical Camp or Nara Party, several Polish nationalist groups
People with the name Nara
Given name
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Nara Nath Acharya (1906–1988), Nepalese poet
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Nara Apaya, king of the Mrauk-U Dynasty of Arakan
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Nara Bahadur Bista, Nepalese politician
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Nara Bahadur Dahal (born 1960), Nepalese long-distance runner
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Nara Falcón (born 1981), Mexican synchronized swimmer
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Jang Na-ra (born 1981), South Korean female singer
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Nara Bahadur Karmacharya, Nepalese politician
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Nara Kollery (died 2015), Indian sound recordist
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Kwon Nara (born 1991), South Korean female singer
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Nara Leão (1942–1989), Brazilian female singer
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Nara Bhupal Shah (1697–1743), king of the Gorkha state in Nepal
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Nara Smith (born 2001), fashion model and internet personality
Surname
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Erika Nara, Japanese Paralympic swimmer
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Kurumi Nara (born 1991), Japanese tennis player
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Nara Lokesh (born 1983), Indian male politician
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Rao Nara (1420–1487), crown Prince of Nadol, India
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born 1936, Japanese basketball player
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Takeji Nara (1868–1962), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
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Tatsuki Nara (born 1993), Japanese footballer
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Tatunca Nara (born 1941), German-Brazilian jungle guide who invented the lost city of Akakor
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Tōru Nara, Japanese voice actor
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Wanda Nara (born 1986), Argentine media personality and football agent
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Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959), Japanese artist
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Zaira Nara (born 1988), Argentine model and TV host
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Ula Nara Duoqimuli, Empress consort of Qing dynasty Yongzheng Emperor
Arts and mythology
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Nara (Arjuna), Arjuna in his previous birth was Nara
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Nara (album), by Emily Wurramara
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Nara (comics), a fictional character from Marvel Comics
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One of the twins Nara-Narayana in Hindu mythology
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"Nara", song from the album Unearthed by E.S. Posthumus
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Shikamaru Nara, fictional character in the manga and anime series Naruto
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"Nara", "Arrival In Nara" and "Leaving Nara", songs from the 2014 album This Is All Yours by alt-J
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"Nara", setting of the children's television series Waybuloo
Other uses
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Nara Hotel, a hotel in Nara, Japan
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Nara Station, a railway station in Nara, Japan
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Nara Television, a Japanese television and radio broadcaster headquartered in Nara, Japan
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Nara University, a private university in Misasagi-cho, Nara, Japan
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Nara Women's University, a national university in Nara, Japan
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Nara period, period of Japanese history, named after the former capital city
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Japanese ship Nara, "oak", several Japanese ships
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Nara plant ( Acanthosicyos horridus), a melon species of the Namib desert
NARA as an acronym
NARA may stand for:
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National Alien Registration Authority, a defunct agency of the Government of Pakistan
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National Amateur Rowing Association, the governing body for rowing by working men in Britain prior to 1956
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National Archives and Records Administration, an agency of the U.S. government
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Neale Analysis of Reading Ability, an assessment of comprehension and word reading accuracy
See also
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Narra (disambiguation)
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Naro (disambiguation)
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Nari (disambiguation)
