Bora
Encyclopedia
Performers
- BoraSistarSISTAR is a four-member South Korean girl group under the management of Starship Entertainment. The members are: Hyorin, Bora, Soyu and Dasom. On June 3, they released their debut single "Push Push" and made their debut on Korean Broadcasting System Music Bank...
, a Korean pop artist in the group SistarSistarSISTAR is a four-member South Korean girl group under the management of Starship Entertainment. The members are: Hyorin, Bora, Soyu and Dasom. On June 3, they released their debut single "Push Push" and made their debut on Korean Broadcasting System Music Bank... - Bora YoonBora YoonBora Yoon is an American musician who uses unconventional instruments in her music.-Early life:Yoon grew up in the United States outside Chicago, Illinois...
, experimental sound artist and composer / performer based in NYC
Geography
- Bora (Australian)Bora (Australian)A Bora is the name given both to an initiation ceremony of Indigenous Australians, and to the site on which the initiation is performed. At such a site, young boys are transformed into men. The initiation ceremony differs from culture to culture, but often involves circumcision and scarification,...
, the site of an initiation ceremony in Australian aboriginal culture, sometimes known as Bora rings - Bora, India, a village in Punjab
- Bora BoraBora BoraThe commune of Bora-Bora is made up of the island of Bora Bora proper with its surrounding islets emerging from the coral reef, 29.3 km² in total, and of the atoll of Tupai , located north of Bora Bora...
, an island in the LeewardLeeward Islands (Society Islands)The Leeward Islands are the western part of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the South Pacific. They lie south of the Line Islands , east of the Cooks and north of the Austral Islands . Their area is 395 km² with a population of over 33,000...
group of the Society IslandsSociety IslandsThe Society Islands are a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. They are politically part of French Polynesia. The archipelago is generally believed to have been named by Captain James Cook in honor of the Royal Society, the sponsor of the first British scientific survey of the islands;...
of French PolynesiaFrench PolynesiaFrench Polynesia is an overseas country of the French Republic . It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory... - BoráBoráBorá is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2010 is 830, and the area is 119.53 km². The elevation is 582 m.Borá is the least populated Brazilian municipality....
, a city in the São Paulo state in Brazil - BoracayBoracayBoracay is an island of the Philippines located approximately south of Manila and 2 km off the northwest tip of Panay Island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Boracay Island and its beaches have received awards numerous times. Boracay was awarded in the "Travelers' Choice...
, sometimes (incorrectly) thought of as a cayCayA cay , also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island formed on the surface of coral reefs. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans , where they provide habitable and agricultural land for hundreds of thousands of people...
in the Philippines
Meteorology
- Bora (wind)Bora (wind)Bora or Bura is a northern to north-eastern katabatic wind in the Adriatic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Italy, Greece, Slovenia, and Turkey....
, a katabatic wind in the Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, Southeastern Europe and Turkey
Ethnography
- BoraBora (given name)Bora is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Bora" means "violent storm bringing rain" and/or simply "gale".-Given name:* Bora Aksu, a London-based Turkish fashion designer....
, a TurkishTurkish nameA Turkish name consists of an ad and a soyadı . Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one soyadı in the full name, there may be more than one ad...
masculine given nameGiven nameA given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. - Bora languageBora languageBora is an indigenous American language spoken in western South America. Bora proper has 94% mutual comprehensibility with the Miraña dialect. The majority of its speakers reside in Perú where 2,328 Bora-speakers live in the Northeast Yaguasyacu, Putumayo, and Ampiyacu river areas. Peruvian...
, a Witotoan language spoken in Peru, Brazil, and Colombia - Bora peopleBora peopleThe Bora are an indigenous tribe of the Peruvian, Colombian and Brazilian Amazon, located between the Putumayo and Napo rivers. The Bora speak a Witotan language and comprise approximately 2,000 people...
, the ethnic group that speaks the Bora language - The BohraMustaaliThe Musta‘lī Ismā'īlī Muslims are so named because they accept Al-Musta'li as the nineteenth Fatimid caliph and legitimate successor to his father, al-Mustansir...
traders
Vehicles
- Maserati BoraMaserati BoraThe Maserati Bora is a Maserati two-seater coupe powered by a V8 engine mounted amidships. Produced from 1971 to 1978, it had a top speed of .-History:...
, an Italian sports car named after the Bora wind - Volkswagen Bora/Jetta, a German small sedan, named after the Bora wind
- Bora Class guided missile hovercraftBora Class guided missile hovercraftThe Bora-class hoverborne guided missile corvette of the Russian Navy, also bears the NATO class name Dergach, is one of the few types of military surface effect ship built solely for marine combat purposes, rather than troop landing or transport...
, a hoverborne cruise missile attack craft in the Russian navy
Fiction
- Bora, a super-powerful robot that fought Pluto in an episode of Astro Boy (1980 TV series). Bora's attack is a powerful cry that releases a katabatic wind
- Bora, a group of rebel colonists found in the 2000 game Tachyon: The FringeTachyon: The FringeTachyon: The Fringe is a computer game developed and published in 2000 by the company Novalogic. It features the voice acting of Bruce Campbell as main character Jake Logan in a 3-D space simulator...
- Bora is a character on Dragon BallDragon Ballis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995; later the 519 individual chapters were published into 42 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. Dragon Ball was inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the...
- Bora (comics)Bora (comics)Bora is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. Her first appearance was in Moon Knight vol. 1 #35.- Fictional character biography :...
, a Marvel Comics character with wind-related powers - Bora (TV series)Bora (TV series)Bora, a sitcom of ABS-CBN, is a colloquial term for Boracay, an island in the Philippines.-Credited Cast:*Carlos Agassi as Caloy, the nephew of Marlon. He's a dumb dude, a virgin, and spends most of his time in body building....
See also
- Bora Bora (disambiguation)Bora Bora (disambiguation)Bora Bora can refer to:*Bora Bora, island of French Polynesia and administrative commune which includes the island*Bora Bora Airport, airport located on the island...
- BorajetBorajetBorajet is an airline based in Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey. It is a privately owned regional airline operating domestic services. Its main base is Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul.- History :...
, a Turkish regional airline.