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

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, born 1936), 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

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

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, "oak"), several Japanese ships
Nara plant (Acanthosicyos horridus), a melon species of the Namib desert

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