Akra may refer to:

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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 *

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 * 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 **

Akra railway station Akra railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Budge Budge Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serves the local area of Akra in Sou ...

Akra Peninsula Akra Peninsula ( bg, полуостров Акра, poluostrov Akra, ) is the mostly ice-covered peninsula projecting 11 km eastwards from Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, and 5.2 km wide, bounded by Exasperation Inlet to the north and Sca ...

, a peninsula in Antarctica *

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 *

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 *

Akra, Crimea Akra ( grc, Ἄκρα) was an ancient Greek city at the Cimmerian Bosporus. The city is now underwater at the Kerch Strait, near the Naberezhne village in Crimea. It was flooded as a result of the transgression of the Black Sea and is now almost ent ...

, a submerged ancient Greek city in Crimea

People

Yasser Akra Ali Yasser Akra ( ar, علي ياسر عكرة) (born January 2, 1985 in Lattakia, Syria) is a Syrian footballer. He currently plays for Bahrain SC Al-Bahrain Sports Club (), otherwise simply known as Bahrain, is primarily a Bahraini footba ...

(born 1985), Syrian footballer

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