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Places

* Kura, Iran (disambiguation) * Kura Island, Azerbaijan * Kura, Nigeria, a Local Government Area of Kano State *
Kura (South Caucasus river) The Kura, also known in Georgian as Mtkvari ( ), is an east-flowing transboundary river south of the Greater Caucasus Mountains which drains the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus east into the Caspian Sea. It also drains the north side of ...
, a river in Turkey, Georgia, and Azerbaijan * Kura (Russia), a river in Russia *
Kura Test Range Kura Missile Test Range (), originally known as ''Kama'', is a Russian intercontinental ballistic missile impact area located in northern Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East. It is the destination for ballistic missiles which are test fired f ...
, a testing site in Kamchatka Krai, Russia


Other uses

* Eclipse Kura, an interoperability testing open source project for M2M applications * Kuhl's lorikeet, a bird * Kura (music producer) (born 1987), Portuguese electro house music DJ and producer * Kura (company), formerly Response, a contact centre company in Glasgow * ''Kura'' (film), a 1995 Japanese film *
Kura Kaupapa Māori Kura may refer to: Places * Kura, Iran (disambiguation) * Kura Island, Azerbaijan * Kura, Nigeria, a Local Government Area of Kano State * Kura (South Caucasus river), a river in Turkey, Georgia, and Azerbaijan * Kura (Russia), a river in R ...
, Māori language immersion schools in New Zealand * Kura Sushi, a sushi restaurant chain in Japan *
Kura (saddle) is the generic name for the Japanese saddle. The word "kura" is most commonly associated with the saddle used by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Over time the Japanese added elements of their own until the Japanese saddle became an identifia ...
, a Japanese saddle *
Kura (storehouse) are traditional Japanese Warehouse, storehouses. They are commonly durable buildings built from timber, stone or clay used to safely store valuable commodities. ''Kura'' in rural communities are normally of simpler construction and used for st ...
, a traditional Japanese storehouse *
Kura (deity) Kura was a god worshiped in Ebla (modern Tell Mardikh in Syria) in the third millennium BCE. He was the tutelary god of the city, as well as the head of the local pantheon. While his functions are difficult to ascertain, it is well attested that h ...
, a god from 3rd millennium Ebla * 'Kura, a TV show set in
Papakura Papakura is a suburb of South Auckland, in northern New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Pahurehure Inlet, approximately south of the Auckland CBD, Auckland City Centre. It is under the authority of the Auckland Council. The ar ...
, Aotearoa/New Zealand * Kūra (administrative division), territorial demarcations into which Al-Andalus was divided * Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Koutu or The Kura, school in Rotorua, New Zealand


See also

* Kur River (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation, geo