Boule may refer to: ;Ball games *

Boules ''Boules'' () is a collective name for a wide range of games similar to bowls and bocce (In French: jeu or jeux, in Croatian: boćanje and in Italian: gioco or giochi) in which the objective is to throw or roll heavy balls (called in France, ...

, a collective term for games involving players throwing balls at a smaller target ball **

Pétanque Pétanque (, ; oc, petanca, , also or ) is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports, along with raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, lawn bowls, and crown green bowling. In all of these sports, players or teams play their boules/balls ...

, a common variety originating in France and sometimes loosely called "boules" in English **

Boule Lyonnaise ("flying boules"), or ("Lyonnais boules"), is a boules ''Boules'' () is a collective name for a wide range of games similar to bowls and bocce (In French: jeu or jeux, in Croatian: boćanje and in Italian: gioco or giochi) in which the objec ...

, another boules game of French origin ** Boule de Bois, a Belgian boules game ** Boule Bretonne, a boules game from Brittany * Boule (gambling game), a game similar to roulette ;People *

Boule (community) Boule may refer to: Ball games * Boules, a collective term for games involving players throwing balls at a smaller target ball ** Pétanque, a common variety originating in France and sometimes loosely called "boules" in English ** Boule Lyonnaise ...

, an Akan people in Côte d'Ivoire, Africa * The Boulé, a reference to the

Sigma Pi Phi Sigma Pi Phi (), also known as The Boulé, founded in 1904, is the oldest fraternity for African Americans among those named with Greek letters. The fraternity does not have collegiate chapters and is designed for professionals at mid-career or o ...

fraternity, its chapters or meetings * Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé (1799–1865), French playwright *

Marcellin Boule Pierre-Marcellin Boule (1 January 1861 – 4 July 1942), better known as merely Marcellin Boule, was a French palaeontologist, geologist, and anthropologist. Early life and education Pierre-Marcellin Boule was born in Montsalvy, France. Care ...

(1861–1942), French palaeontologist ;Politics *

Boule (ancient Greece) In cities of ancient Greece, the boule ( el, βουλή, ''boulē''; plural βουλαί, ''boulai'') was a council of over 500 citizens (βουλευταί, ''bouleutai'') appointed to run daily affairs of the city. Originally a council of nobles ...

, a citizens' council appointed to run daily affairs of a city *

Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the He ...

, transliterated as Vouli or Boule from Greek ;Science and geography *

Boule (crystal) A boule is a single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means. A boule of silicon is the starting material for most of the integrated circuits used today. In the semiconductor industry synthetic boules can be made by a number of methods, suc ...

, an ingot of synthetically produced crystal *

Boule (gene) Boll may refer to: *Boll (surname) *Boll, an obsolete Scottish measure of volume *BOLL, a protein in humans * 7873 Böll, a main-belt asteroid *Boll case, a 1958 International Court of Justice case *Boll KG, Uwe Boll's personal production company ...

, an alias for the gene BOLL, responsible for sperm production in animals * , one of the Northern Continental Ranges in the Canadian Rocky Mountains ;Other *

Boule (bread) Boule, from French, meaning "ball", is a traditional shape of French bread resembling a squashed ball. A boule can be made using any type of flour and can be leavened with commercial yeast, chemical leavening, or even wild yeast sourdough. The ...

, a round loaf of white bread * Boule et Bill, Belgian comic strip

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