Boke
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Boke may refer to:
- BokéBokéBoké is the capital city of Boké Prefecture within the Boké Region of Lower Guinea near the border with Guinea-Bissau. It is also a sub-prefecture of Guinea. Located along the Rio Nuñez which flows to its not-too-distant mouth on the Atlantic Ocean, Boké is a port. It is known for the Fortin de...
, a city in Lower Guinea - Boke (woreda)Boke (woreda)Boke is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Hararghe Zone, Boke is bordered on the south by the Shabelle River which separates it from the Bale Zone, on the southwest by Darolebu, on the northwest by Habro, on the northeast by Kuni, and on the east by the...
, a district in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia - BökeBokéBoké is the capital city of Boké Prefecture within the Boké Region of Lower Guinea near the border with Guinea-Bissau. It is also a sub-prefecture of Guinea. Located along the Rio Nuñez which flows to its not-too-distant mouth on the Atlantic Ocean, Boké is a port. It is known for the Fortin de...
, a form of Mongolian wrestling - Boke, the "simple-minded" character in a Manzai team, a form of Owarai kombi (Japanese comedy act)
- Boke no mi or Japanese quince, a flowering shrub
- BokehBokehIn photography, bokeh is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image, or "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light."...
or Boke, a photographic term, also of Japanese origin, used to describe the out-of-focus quality of a lens - BOKE or Bhoke, a railway station in India
- Boke Press, the personal press of Joe BrainardJoe BrainardJoe Brainard was an American artist and writer associated with the New York School. His prodigious and innovative body of work included assemblages, collages, drawing, and painting, as well as designs for book and album covers, theatrical sets and costumes...
and Kenward Elmslie
People
- Ariq BökeAriq BokeAriq Böke , the components of his name also spelled Arigh, Arik, Bukha, Buka , was the youngest son of Tolui , a son of Genghis Khan. After the death of his brother the Great Khan Mongke, Ariq Boke briefly took power while his brothers Kublai and Hulagu were absent...
, grandson of Genghis Khan and claimant to the Mongol Empire - Chilger Boke, possible father (instead of Genghis Khan) of JochiJochiJochi was the eldest of the Mongol chieftain Genghis Khan's four sons by his principal wife Börte. An accomplished military leader, he participated in his father's conquest of Central Asia, along with his brothers and uncles.-Early life:...
- Abba Boke, first king of the Kingdom of GommaKingdom of GommaThe Kingdom of Gomma was one of the kingdoms in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 18th century. It shared its northern border with Limmu-Ennarea, its western border with Gumma, its southern border with Gera, and its eastern border with Jimma...
in the Gibe region of Ethiopia - Bope Mobinji Boke, ruler of Kuba (present-day Congo) from 1916 to 1919
- Uncle Boke, the uncle of author Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., is an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public intellectual. He was the first African American to receive the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship. He has received numerous honorary degrees and awards for his teaching, research, and...
described in Colored People
Fictional
- Boke, several characters in the works of Vladimir NabokovVladimir NabokovVladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
- Mr. Boke, a detective in Flight of Faviel by Robert Ernest Vernède
- Boke, a role of Howard KeelHoward KeelHarold Clifford Keel , known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s...
in The Small Voice - Boke, a pet dog in Judo BoyJudo Boyis a Japanese anime television series created by Tatsuo Yoshida and directed by Ippei Kuri. The series aired on Fuji TV from April 2, 1969 to September 24, 1969, totaling 26 episodes....
- Miss Ethel Boke, a character in the novel Seventeen by Booth TarkingtonBooth TarkingtonBooth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams...
- Boke Kellum, Western TV star in Dan JenkinsDan JenkinsDan Jenkins is an American author and sportswriter, most notably for Sports Illustrated.Jenkins was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, where he attended R .L. Paschal High School and Texas Christian University , where he played on the varsity golf team...
' Semi-Tough - Boke-gaeru ("stupid frog"), Natsumi Hinata's epithet for Sergeant Keroro in Sgt. FrogSgt. FrogSgt. Frog, known in Japan as , is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth...
See also
- Democratic Centre of BokaDemocratic Centre of BokaDemocratic Centre of Boka a political party in Montenegro. The party is based on the coastal town of Herceg Novi. Its goal is to fight for the greater good of Herceg Novi....
, a political party in Montenegro - Oboke and Koboke, two valleys in Tokushima PrefectureTokushima Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located on Shikoku island. The capital is the city of Tokushima.- Tokushima Prefecture and Myodo Prefecture :Long ago, Tokushima City belonged to a region known as Myōdō-gun...
, Japan - "Fuyōi na Boke to Yasashisa ga Fukō o Yobu", an episode of Hayate the Combat Butler
- "Bolden Boke Boy", a song by Will OldhamWill OldhamWill Oldham , better known by the stage name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded under variations of the Palace name, including the Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music...
- BoakBoakBoak is a family name. Notable people with the name include:*Keith Boak, British television director*Travis Boak, AFL footballer currently contracted to the Port Adelaide Power-See also:*Bill Boaks , British Royal Navy officer...
, a surname