Nara

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Nara can refer to:

Religion

• The Nara religion, an old Japanese cult.

Geography

• Nara, Nara, capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan
• Nara Prefecture, Japan
• Nara, Sindh, Pakistan
• Nara, Mali
• Nara River, in Russia

People

• Nara people, Eritrea
• Nara (clan), a Manchu clan
• Nara, a Jat clan in India
• Yoshitomo Nara, a Japanese artist
• The Nara Party that lasted from 1937 to 1939

Fiction and media

• Nara Clan, in the manga and anime series Naruto

• Shikamaru Nara, notable member of the above clan

• D'ni Nara, an item in the Myst universe
• A song by the group E.S. Posthumus from the 2001 album Unearthed, and the theme song for the television show Cold Case

Other

• Nara language, Eritrea
• National Archives and Records Administration, a U.S. government agency
• An ancient Indian martial art
• Nara Period, Japan
• Acanthosicyos horridus, the !nara melon of the Namib desert
• One of the twins Nara-Narayana, in Hindu mythology