Bora may refer to:

Geography

Bora (Australian) Bora is an initiation ceremony of the Aboriginal people of Eastern Australia. The word "bora" also refers to the site on which the initiation is performed. At such a site, boys, having reached puberty, achieve the status of men. The initiation ...

, the site of an initiation ceremony in Australian aboriginal culture, sometimes known as Bora rings * Bora, Punjab, a village in India *

Borá Borá is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 838 (2020 est.) in an area of 119 km². The elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly ...

, a city in the São Paulo state in Brazil *

Bora (wind) The bora is a northerly to north-easterly katabatic wind in areas near the Adriatic Sea. Similar nomenclature is used for north-eastern winds in other littoral areas of eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea basins. Name It is known in Greek as ...

, a north to north-eastern katabatic wind in areas near the Adriatic Sea.

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Bora (comics) The Inheritors are a supervillain group which appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The family of Morlun, they typically are enemies of Spider-Man and Alternative versions of Spider-Man, the iterations of him. Publication hi ...

, a Marvel Comics character with wind-related powers * Bora Horza Gobuchul, the protagonist of the novel ''

Consider Phlebas ''Consider Phlebas'', first published in 1987, is a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks. It is the first in a series of novels about an interstellar post-scarcity society called the Culture. The novel revolves around the Idir ...

'' by Iain M. Banks

Television

* ''Bora'' (television series) * Bora, a super-powerful robot that fought Pluto in an ''Astro Boy'' (1980 TV series) episode; Bora's attack is a powerful cry that releases a katabatic wind * Bora, a character in '' Dragon Ball'' * Bora, a group of rebel colonists found in the 2000 game '' Tachyon: The Fringe''

People

Culture

* Bora language, a Witotoan language spoken in Western Amazon forest region (Peru, Brazil, and Colombia) *

Bora people The Bora are an indigenous tribe of the Peruvian, Colombian, and Brazilian Amazon, located between the Putumayo and Napo rivers. Ethnography The Bora speak a Witotan language and comprise approximately 2,000 people. In the last forty years, th ...

, the ethnic group that speaks the Bora language

Name

* Bora (surname); also a former military/professional title in Assam * Bora (Korean name), a Korean feminine given name (including a list of people with the name) * Bora (Albanian name), an Albanian feminine given name * Bora (Turkish name), a Turkish masculine given (including a list of people with the name)

Transportation and vehicles

* Bora Class guided missile hovercraft, a hoverborne cruise missile attack craft in the Russian navy * Bora One and Bora Two, aerodynamic bicycle wheels manufactured by Italian company Campagnolo * Paradelta Bora, an Italian paraglider design *

Maserati Bora The Maserati Bora (Tipo AM117) is a mid-engine two-seat coupe manufactured by Maserati from 1971 to 1978. In common with other Maserati cars of the era, it is named after a wind, Bora being the wind of Trieste. The Bora ended Maserati's repu ...

, an Italian sports car named after the Bora wind *

Volkswagen Bora The Volkswagen Bora is a small family car, the fourth generation of the Volkswagen Jetta, and the successor to the Volkswagen Vento. Production of the car began in July 1999. Carrying on the wind nomenclature from previous generations, the car wa ...

/Jetta, a German small sedan, named after the Bora wind

Other uses

, a katabatic wind in the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea regions of southeastern Europe and Turkey *

Bora (missile) Bora is a tactical ballistic missile developed by Turkish company ROKETSAN. It has 610 mm diameter, a length of 8.0 m, a total weight of 2500 kg with a minimum range of 80 km and maximum range of 280 km. Its export version is called Khan. It was ...

, a tactical ballistic missile of Turkey * Bora, an Aurora A kinase activator in the cell cycle *BORA, acronym for the

New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (sometimes known by its acronym, NZBORA or simply BORA) is a statute of the Parliament of New Zealand part of New Zealand's uncodified constitution that sets out the rights and fundamental freedoms of an ...

* Bora, the Guyanese name for Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis, a legume that grows in tropical and subtropical climates *

Bora–Hansgrohe Bora–Hansgrohe (''UCI Code'': BOH) is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team established in 2010 with a German license, founded and managed by Ralph Denk. It is sponsored by BORA, a German manufacturer of extractor hoods and cooktops, and Hansgrohe, a ba ...

, a cycling team sponsored by a German manufacturer of cooktops.