Hira may refer to:
Places
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Cave of Hira, a cave associated with Muhammad
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Al-Hirah
Al-Hirah ( ar, الحيرة, translit=al-Ḥīra Middle Persian: ''Hērt'' ) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia located south of what is now Kufa in south-central Iraq.
History
Kingdom of the Lakhmids
Al-Hirah was a significant city in pre ...
, an ancient Arab city in Iraq
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Battle of Hira
The Battle of Hira ( ar, معركة الحيرة) was fought between the Sasanian Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate in 633. It was one of the early battles of the Muslim conquest of Persia, and the loss of the frontier city on the Euphrates River ...
, 633AD, between the Sassanians and the Rashidun Caliphate
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Hira Mountains
The are a mountain range to the west of Lake Biwa on the border of Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The range runs north to south. It is narrowest in the southern part of the range, running east to west, and broadest at the nort ...
, Japan
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Hira, New Zealand, settlement north-east of Nelson, New Zealand
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Hira (ghetto), an old Jewish ghetto in Tunis, see
History of the Jews in Tunisia
The history of the Jews in Tunisia extended nearly two thousand years and goes back to the Punic era. The Jewish community in Tunisia is no doubt older and grew up following successive waves of immigration and proselytism before its develo ...
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Hira (Greece) Eira ( grc, Εἶρα), also known as Hira or Ira (Ἰρά), and Hire or Ire (Ἱρὴ), was a fortified settlement on a mountain of the same name, in the north of ancient Messenia, near the Neda River. During the Second Messenian War the Messenians ...
, an ancient Greek settlement
Other uses
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Hira (surname)
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Hira (given name)
Hira, or Heera, is a South Asian given name. The Sanskrit word has several meanings, one of which is "diamond".
Given name
* Hira Chandra KC
*Hira Devi Waiba
* Hira Gurung
* Hira Lal
*Hira Lal Atal
* Hira Lal Devpura
*Hira Lall Sibal
* Hira Mani ...
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Hira (mythical monster), among the
Songhai people
The Songhai people (also Ayneha, Songhay or Sonrai)'' are an ethnolinguistic group in West Africa who speak the various Songhai languages. Their history and ''lingua franca'' is linked to the Songhai Empire which dominated the western Sahel i ...
of West Africa
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The Hira Company Ltd, the parent company of Texet Sales Ltd, a British distributor of calculators and electronic devices
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HIRA, a gene
* Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, a technique used to identify add address
occupational safety and health risks
*"Hira", a song by Redgum from their 1984 album ''
Frontline
Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield.
Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to:
Books and publications
* ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant
* ''Frontlines ...
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Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), a government agency in South Korea
*, the ISO 15924 script code for
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contras ...
See also
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Heera (disambiguation)
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