Burra (disambiguation)
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Places
- BurraBurraWest Burra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is connected by bridge to East Burra. With an area of , it is the eleventh largest of the Shetland Islands.-Geography:...
, the collective name for two of the Shetland IslandsShetland IslandsShetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total...
- West and East BurraEast BurraEast Burra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is connected by a bridge to West Burra.With an area of two square miles, it is the eleventh largest of the Shetland Islands....
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- West and East Burra
- Burra, South AustraliaBurra, South AustraliaBurra is a pastoral centre and historic tourist town in the mid-north of South Australia. It lies east of the Clare Valley in the Bald Hills range, part of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges, and on Burra Creek. The town began as a single company mining township that, by 1851, was a set of townships ...
, a pastoral centre and historic tourist town in the mid-north of South Australia. - Burra, New South WalesBurra, New South WalesBurra is an Australian district and parish of rural smallholdings lying 20 kilometres to the south of Queanbeyan, New South Wales in Palerang Council, postcode 2620. In 2006, Burra had a population of 480 people...
, a small town located near Canberra, Australia.
People
- Edward BurraEdward BurraEdward Burra was an English painter, draughtsman, and printmaker, best known for his depictions of the urban underworld, black culture and the Harlem scene of the 1930s....
(1905-1976), an English painter - John BurraJohn BurraJohn Burra is a retired long-distance runner from Tanzania, who won the 1987 edition of Amsterdam Marathon, clocking 2:12:40 on May 10, 1987. He twice represented his native country in the Olympic men's marathon, in 1988 and 1992...
(born 1956), a Tanzanian long-distance runner - Burra is also the surname of a brahminBrahminBrahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...
community of Srivyshnava sect from Andhra pradeshAndhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, India. This community is found in Cuddapah district and other north eastern parts of Andhra pradesh. Burra is also a TeluguTelugu languageTelugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
word which literally means "a stringed musical instrument - some sort of instrument used by Annamacharya, devotee of Lord Balaji.
Other
- Burra CharterBurra CharterThe Burra Charter defines the basic principles and procedures to be followed in the conservation of Australian heritage places.In 1979, the Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance was adopted at a meeting of Australia ICOMOS at the historic mining town of...
, a charter relating to conservation of Australian heritage places. - Burra, the common name of the Australian plant Eremophila fraseriEremophila fraseriEremophila fraseri, also known as Burra, is a shrub which is native to Western Australia. It usually grows to between 0.5 and 3 metres high...
- Burra or Burra Leiteira, the common name of the neotropical plant Sapium scleratum
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- BurrayBurrayBurray is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It lies to the east of Scapa Flow and is one of a chain of islands linked by the Churchill Barriers.-Geography and geology:...
, one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. - Barra (disambiguation)Barra (disambiguation)-Places:Places in Europe:*Barra, Scotland, United Kingdom*Barra , Italy*Barra de Mira, Portugal*Gougane Barra, a settlement in County Cork, IrelandPlaces in Africa:*Barra, The Gambia*Praia da Barra, Inhambane Province, MozambiquePlaces in Oceania:...