Bora

Bora may refer to:

Geography

Bora (Australian), the site of an initiation ceremony in Australian aboriginal culture, sometimes known as Bora rings
Bora, Punjab, a village in India
Borá, a city in the São Paulo state in Brazil
Boracay, a resort island in the Philippines
Tora Bora, a cave complex in the White mountains range of Afghanistan

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Bora (comics), a Marvel Comics character with wind-related powers
Bora Horza Gobuchul, the protagonist of the novel Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks

Television

Bora (television series)
Bora, a super-powerful robot that fought Pluto in an Astro Boy (1980 TV series) episode; Bora's attack is a powerful cry that releases a katabatic wind
Bora, a character in Dragon Ball
Bora, a group of rebel colonists found in the 2000 game Tachyon: The Fringe

People

Culture

Bora language, a Witotoan language spoken in Western Amazon forest region (Peru, Brazil, and Colombia)
Bora people, the ethnic group that speaks the Bora language

Name

Bora (surname)
Bora (Korean name), a Korean feminine given name (including a list of people with the name)
Bora (Turkish name), a Turkish masculine given (including a list of people with the name)

Transportation and vehicles

Bora Class guided missile hovercraft, a hoverborne cruise missile attack craft in the Russian navy
Bora One and Bora Two, aerodynamic bicycle wheels manufactured by Italian company Campagnolo
Borajet, a Turkish regional airline
Paradelta Bora, an Italian paraglider design
Maserati Bora, an Italian sports car named after the Bora wind
Volkswagen Bora/Jetta, a German small sedan, named after the Bora wind

Other uses

Bora (wind), a katabatic wind in the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea regions of southeastern Europe and Turkey
Bora, an Aurora A kinase activator in the cell cycle
BORA, acronym for the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
Bora, the Guyanese name for Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis, a legume that grows in tropical and subtropical climates

See also

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