Akra may refer to:
Places
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Acra (fortress)
The Acra (also spelled Akra, from grc, Ἄκρα, he, חקרא ,חקרה ''Ḥaqra(h)''), with the meaning of "stronghold" (see under "Etymology"), was a place in Jerusalem thought to have had a fortified compound built by Antiochus Epiphan ...
, a Seleucid fortress in Jerusalem
*Akra, hamlet in Greene County (see
Cairo, New York
Cairo is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 6,644 at the 2020 census. The town is in the southern part of the county, partly in the Catskill Park. The town contains a hamlet, also named Cairo.
History
The fi ...
) where Jack "Legs" Diamond is rumored to have had a home
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Akra, Bannu
Akra (آکرہ) is an archaeological site in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pak ...
, an archaeological site south of Peshawar in Pakistan
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Akra, Maheshtala,
South 24 Parganas
South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore. It is the largest district of West Bengal by ...
, West Bengal, India
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Akra railway station
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Akra Peninsula, a peninsula in Antarctica
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Akra Township, Pembina County, North Dakota
Akra Township is a township in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.
History
Akra Township was organized in 1882, and was known as one of the "Icelandic Townships," due to its large population of Icelanders who had settled here. Akra takes ...
, a township in North Dakota, USA
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Akra Leuke
Lucentum ( grc-gre, Λούκεντον, ''Loúkenton''), called Lucentia by Pomponius Mela, is the Roman predecessor of the city of Alicante, Spain. Particularly, it refers to the archaeological site in which the remains of this ancient settle ...
, ancient city founded by Greeks, modern Alicante, Spain
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Akra, Crimea, a submerged ancient Greek city in Crimea
People
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Yasser Akra (born 1985), Syrian footballer
See also
*Aakra or
Åkra (disambiguation) Åkra may refer to:
Places
* Åkra, a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway
*Åkra, or Åkrahamn, a town in Karmøy municipality, Rogaland county, Norway
* Åkra, Vestland, a village in Kvinnherad municipality, Vestland county, Norway
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Accra, the capital of Ghana
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Acra (disambiguation) Acra or ACRA may refer to:
Abbreviation (ACRA)
* Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority
* All-Channel Receiver Act
* American Car Rental Association
* American Collegiate Rowing Association
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Acre (disambiguation)
An acre is a unit of measurement used for areas of land.
Acre may also refer to:
Places
*Acre, Israel, a port city in Israel
**Sanjak of Acre, a prefecture of the Ottoman Empire, located in present-day Israel
*Acre (state), a Brazilian state
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Akre (disambiguation)
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Aqra (disambiguation) Aqra, properly ʿAqra, is a diocese of the Chaldean Catholic Church
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