Bara (name)
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Names
- Bara (name)Bara (name)-Names:* Bara - Boy Arabic given name* Bara - female Jewish given name* Bára - female Icelandic given name* Bara - occupational surname in southern France and Aragon in Spain. Related to fishing/fisherman...
- Boy Arabic given name - Bara (name)Bara (name)-Names:* Bara - Boy Arabic given name* Bara - female Jewish given name* Bára - female Icelandic given name* Bara - occupational surname in southern France and Aragon in Spain. Related to fishing/fisherman...
- female Jewish given name - Bára (name)Bara (name)-Names:* Bara - Boy Arabic given name* Bara - female Jewish given name* Bára - female Icelandic given name* Bara - occupational surname in southern France and Aragon in Spain. Related to fishing/fisherman...
- female Icelandic given name - Bara (name) - occupational surname in southern France and Aragon in Spain. Related to fishing/fisherman. It has variations of spelling and pronunciation such as barra, barre, barr, barett, and many more all deriving from the same word.
- Bara (breton name)
People
- Bara (artist) - a German painter and sculptor
- Bara ibn Malik - a companion of the prophet Mohammed
- BaraBara peopleThe Bara people are a Malagasy ethnic group living in the southern part of the central plateaus of Madagascar, in the Toliara Province, especially in the Ihosy-Betroka area. They are estimated to account for 3% of the overall malagasy population. Along with Sakalava, Bara are one of the two...
- an ethnicity in central southern Madagascar speaking the Bara MalagasyBara MalagasyBara is a Malagasy dialect spoken by the Bara people in southern Madagascar, roughly the regions Ihorombe and Atsimo Andrefana...
dialect - Tetsuo Sakaibara - Japanese musician and ex-member of the noise group MerzbowMerzbowis the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...
. - Joseph BaraJoseph BaraJoseph Bara, also written Barra a young French republican soldier at the time of the Revolution....
- a young republican soldier mythologised by the French First RepublicFrench First RepublicThe French First Republic was founded on 22 September 1792, by the newly established National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon I... - Theda BaraTheda BaraTheda Bara , born Theodosia Burr Goodman, was an American silent film actress – one of the most popular of her era, and one of cinema's earliest sex symbols. Her femme fatale roles earned her the nickname "The Vamp" . The term "vamp" soon became a popular slang term for a sexually predatory woman...
- an AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
silent filmSilent filmA silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
actress - Guy Bara - Belgian comic artist
Locations
- Bara, East LothianBara, East LothianBara, anciently spelt Baro, is an agricultural parish in East Lothian, Scotland, which adjoins the parish of Garvald to the east, and Lauder across the Lammermuir Hills...
- in Scotland - Bara Hundred - Scania, Sweden
- BaraBara, SwedenBara is a locality situated in Svedala Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 3,444 inhabitants in 2010.- Society :In Bara there is two schools, Folktandvården, health clinic, pizzeria and ICA Supermarket.South of Bara lies a PGA golfcourse...
- in Svedala Municipality, Sweden - University of Eastern Africa, BaratonUniversity of Eastern Africa, BaratonThe University of Eastern Africa, Baraton is a private coeducational Seventh-Day Adventist university located about 50 km from Eldoret Kenya. It offers various degrees in a number of graduate and undergraduate programs in the fields of Business, the Humanities, Agriculture, Technology, Health...
- Bara, MaliBara, MaliBara is a rural commune and village in the Cercle of Ansongo in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali....
- Bara DistrictBara DistrictBara District of 559,135. Pasaha, Dudhaura and Bangari are the main rivers of Bara. Gamahariya is one of the villages of Bara District which is situated near the border area of India....
- in Nepal - Bara, NigeriaBara, NigeriaBara is a town in Oyo State of southwestern Nigeria. The majority of the people are members of the Yoruba ethnic group. Most of the people are employed in agriculture with locally produced yams, cassava, maize, and tobacco....
- a town in southwestern Nigeria - Bara, West Pomeranian VoivodeshipBara, West Pomeranian VoivodeshipBara is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojna, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....
(north-west Poland) - Bara, Trebišov - a village in Trebišov District, Slovakia
- Barah, SudanBarah, SudanBarah also Bara is a town in North Kurdufan, central Sudan, in northeastern Africa. It is approximately 30 km north of Al-Ubayyid, the capital of North Kurdufan. It is a regional transportation hub.-External links:* Falling Rain Genomics, Inc....
- a town in Kurdufan, central Sudan - Bara, SyriaBara, SyriaBara also called Al-Bara is one of the former "Dead Cities" in northwestern Syria. It is located in the Jebel Riha, approx. 65 km north from Hama and approx. 80 km southwest from Aleppo....
- a "dead city" and present day village in north west Syria - Bara, PunjabBara, PunjabBara is a village and archeological site in Rupnagar district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is located on the left bank of a seasonal monsoon rivulet called Budki Nadi, about 6 kilometers east of the city of Ropar in Punjab. Bara is the site of significant archeological excavations connected...
- a village and archeological site of the Indus Valley CivilizationIndus Valley CivilizationThe Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization that was located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of what is now mainly modern-day Pakistan and northwest India...
in Punjab, - Bara, Ghazipur - a village in Ghazipur, India
Locations within Romania
- Bara, TimişBara, TimisBara is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bara, Dobreşti , Lăpuşnic , Rădmăneşti and Spata .-References:...
- a commune in Timiş County, Romania - BâraBâraBâra is a commune in Neamţ County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bâra, Negreşti and Rediu.-References:...
- a commune in Neamţ County, Romania - Bâra - a village in BereniBereniBereni is a commune in Mureş County, Transylvania, Romania. It became an independent commune along with 6 other villages when it split from Măgherani in 2004...
Commune, Mureş County, Romania - Bâra - a village in Balta DoamneiBalta DoamneiBalta Doamnei is a commune in Prahova County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Balta Doamnei, Bâra, Curcubeu and Lacu Turcului....
Commune, Prahova County, Romania
Locations within Pakistan
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- Bara, FATABara, FATABara is a town located is a Bara Tehsil located in Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. To the south is Kohat district, to the north Peshawar....
- a town in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan - Bara RiverBara RiverBara River is river in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The Bara River enters the Peshawar of south Jamrud Fort and flows in the North-easterly direction to the Nowshera District, eventually joining the Kabul River near camp korona, Akbarpura. Due to its higher elevation, very...
- Khyber Agency, Pakistan - Bara tehsilBara tehsilBara is a tehsil located in Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan.In the 2000s, Bara achieved some mention in worldwide media with the founding of Lashkar-e-Islam, founded in the area by Mufti Munir Shakir, and later passed to Mangal Bagh, a local driver.- See also :* Bara...
- a district in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan - Bara, Khyber Agency - a city in Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
- Bara, FATA
Other
- Bara cultureBara cultureBara culture was a culture that emerged in the eastern region of the Indus Valley Civilization around 2000 BCE. It developed in the doab between the Yamuna and Sutlej rivers, hemmed on its eastern periphery by the Shivalik ranges of the lower Himalayas. This territory corresponds to modern-day...
- a strand of the Indus Valley CivilizationIndus Valley CivilizationThe Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization that was located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of what is now mainly modern-day Pakistan and northwest India...
in Bronze AgeBronze AgeThe Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
India - Bara (drum)Bara (drum)The bara is a spherical hand drum with a body made from a dried gourd or calabash, used in West Africa . Its single head is made of goatskin. To make the drum, a dried gourd is cut on one end and a single head made of goatskin is stretched across the opening...
- a spherical hand drum with a gourd body, used in Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire - Bara brithBara brithBara brith, sometimes known as "speckled bread" , can be either a yeast bread enriched with dried fruit or something more like a fruitcake made with self-raising flour...
- a traditional Welsh fruitcake or fruited bread. - Bara (genre)Bara (genre), also known as the wasei-eigo construction or ML, is a Japanese jargon term for a genre of art and fictional media that focuses on male same-sex love and desire, usually created by and for gay men. The bara genre began in the 1960s with fetish magazines featuring gay art and content...
- a term for male-oriented gay art. - An abbreviation of Chris Hani Baragwanath HospitalChris Hani Baragwanath HospitalChris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is the second largest hospital in the world after West China hospital of Medical Sciences, Sichuan University, occupying , with 3 200 beds and 6 760 staff members. The hospital is in the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa...
in Johannesburg, South Africa.