Nara

Nara or Na-ra may refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

 * Nara Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan
 * Nara (city), the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan
 * Nara, an ancient Roman city in Tunisia, now called Bir El Hafey
 * Nara, Attock, a village in Attock, Pakistan
 * Nara, Jhelum, a village in Jhelum, Pakistan
 * Nara Matore, a village in Kahuta Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan
 * Nara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a Union Council of Abbottabad, Pakistan
 * Nara, Mali, a town in Mali
 * Nara Basin, a valley in Nara Prefecture, Japan
 * Nara Canal, an excavated waterway in Sindh province, Pakistan
 * Nara Canal, a paleochannel of the Indus and the Hakra, partly used by the Nara Canal
 * 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

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 Lokesh (born 1983), Indian male politician
 * Nara Rohit (born 1984), Indian film actor and producer
 * Nara Bhupal Shah (1697–1743), king of the Gorkha state in Nepal

Surname

 * Erika Nara, Japanese Paralympic swimmer
 * Kurumi Nara (born 1991), Japanese tennis player
 * Rao Nara (1420–1487), crown Prince of Nadol, India
 * Setsuo Nara (奈良 節雄), 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
 * Yasuyoshi Nara (born 1982), Japanese football player
 * 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 (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

Other uses

 * Nara Hotel, a hotel in Nara, Japan
 * Nara Station, a railway station in Nara, Japan
 * Nara Television, a Japanese television and radio broadcaster headquartered in Nara, 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, (楢 / なら), 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