Gora
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Gora may refer to:
- Gora (clan)Gora (clan)Gora or Gor or Gaur is a clan or gotra of Jats and Dhangars found in Maharastra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh in north India. In ancient times ruled in Ajmer-Merwara, Mewar, and Bundi-Sirohi areas in Rajasthan. They are descendants of Pingala Nagavanshi...
, a clan of Jats found in north India - Gora (racial epithet)Gora (racial epithet)Gora is a South Asian adjective for a yellow-skinned or light-brown person, whether Indian, Pakistani or from other regions. The word literally means "white" or "fair-skinned" in Indo-Aryan languages like Hindustani , and Punjabi....
or gaura, a Hindi and Indo-Aryan word for a light-skinned person - Gora (novel), by Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
- G.O.R.A.G.O.R.A.G.O.R.A. is a 2004 Turkish science-fiction comedy film, directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, which stars Cem Yılmaz as a used carpet salesman who is abducted by aliens from the planet G.O.R.A...
, a Turkish comedy film
People
- Claudio GoraClaudio GoraClaudio Gora was an Italian actor and film director.He was a particularly prolific actor making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years from 1939 to 1997...
, Italian actor and director - Jo Ann M. GoraJo Ann M. GoraDr. Jo Ann Marie Gora is the 14th President of Ball State University. Before coming to Ball State she was a chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, and, prior to that, she was the Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Gora, a native New...
, President of Ball State University - Ronald GoraRonald GoraRonald Francis Gora was an American swimmer, competing in the freestyle events.Gora competed for his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He won the gold medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay event at the 1951 Pan American Games, alongside Dick Cleveland, Burwell...
, American swimmer - Goparaju Ramachandra RaoGoparaju Ramachandra RaoGoparaju Ramachandra Rao was an Indian atheist leader.-Early days:Gora was born into a Telugu Brahmin family in India. He wrote in his autobiography, We Become Atheists, that he grew up "conventionally orthodox and superstitious." He pursued a botany degree, eventually earning his Master's in...
("Gora"), Indian atheist author and confidante of Gandhi
Places
- Gora, RussiaGora, RussiaGora may refer to several rural localities in Russia.-Moscow Oblast:As of 2009, six rural localities in Moscow Oblast bear this name:*Gora, Dmitrovsky District, Moscow Oblast, a village in Dmitrovsky District...
, name of several rural localities in Russia - Gora (region)Gora (region)Gora is a geographical region in southern Serbia and northeastern Albania, inhabited by Albanians and a Gorani minority. The name "Gora" is a Slavic word for "mountain" or "forest"....
, in Kosovo and adjacent eastern Albania - Gora Ardan, a peak in the western plains of Turkmenistan
- Gora, Japan, a tourist hub and spa town near Mount FujiMount Fujiis the highest mountain in Japan at . An active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–08, Mount Fuji lies about south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and...
, Japan - Gora Cemetery (disambiguation)
- Góra (disambiguation), places in Poland
- Gora, Croatia, a village near Petrinja