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-type game. In ', the balls are thrown overhand (palm down) and are metal. In standard ', the wooden or plastic balls are tossed underhand (palm up) and rolled. ', as it is called for short ...

, 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), 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, 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), 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), a round loaf of white bread *

Boule et Bill ''Boule et Bill'' (known in English as ''Billy & Buddy'') is a popular comic, created in 1959 by Belgian writer-artist Jean Roba in collaboration with Maurice Rosy. In 2003, the artistic responsibility of the series was passed on to Roba's former a ...

, Belgian comic strip

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