Boran (disambiguation)
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Boran may refer to:
  • Boran
    Boran (given name)
    Boran is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Boran" means "violent storm bringing rain" and/or simply "gale".-Given name:* Boran Ağgedik, a Turkish actor .* Boran Ekinci, a Turkish architect....

    , a Turkish
    Turkish name
    A Turkish name consists of an ad and a soyadı . Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one soyadı in the full name, there may be more than one ad...

     masculine given name
    Given name
    A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

    .
  • Boran
    Boran
    Buran or Poran, or more correctly Burandokht or Purandokht , was the daughter of the King Khosrau II of Persia . She was one of only two women on the throne of the Sassanid dynasty . She was the twenty-sixth Sassanid monarch of Persia, reigning from 630 to 631...

    , Queen of Sassanid Persia
  • Boran languages, part of the proposed Bora–Witoto language family
  • Boran, or Borana people, a pastoralist people in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya
    • Borana language
      Borana language
      Borana is a variety of Oromo spoken in Southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya by the Borana people. Günther Schlee also notes that it is the native language of a number of related peoples, such as the Sakuye....

  • Boran cattle
    Boran cattle
    Boran cattle are a popular beef breed in eastern Africa. They were developed in Kenya from the native shorthorned Zebu cattle of the Borana people of southern Ethiopia. They are usually white, with the bulls being darker...

    , a breed of cattle found in eastern Africa and associated with the Borana
  • Borani, a Persian appetizer with yoghurt.

See also

  • Bodhrán
    Bodhrán
    The bodhrán is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65 cm in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45 cm . The sides of the drum are 9 to 20 cm deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side...

    , Irish frame drum
  • Muay Boran
    Muay Boran
    Muay boran is an umbrella term for the unarmed martial arts of Thailand prior to the introduction of modern equipment and rules in the 1930s.It is thus the direct ancestor of modern Muay Thai....

    , a Thai martial art
  • Borana (disambiguation)
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