Sira may refer to:

Languages

Sira languages The Sira languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.40 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), together with a couple languages from H10, they form a valid node. They are: : (B.40) Punu, Bwisi, Varama, V ...

, a clade of Bantu languages **

Sira language Shira is a Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the South ...

, a Bantu language of Gabon

Places

Czech Republic

Sirá Sirá is a municipality and village in Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Sirá lies approximately north-east of Rokycany, east of Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in ...

, a municipality and village

India

Province of Sira The Province of Sira, also known as Carnatic-Balaghat, was a subah (imperial first-level province) of the Mughal empire in South India that was established in 1687 by conquering emperor Aurangzeb (like Bijapur in 1686 and Golkonda in 1687) and la ...

, a historical Mughal province in southern India *

Sira, India Sira is a city and taluk headquarters of Sira Taluk of Tumakuru district in the state of Karnataka, India. It lies on the AH 47, NH 48 (earlier NH 4). Geography Sira is located at . It has an average elevation of 662 metres (2171 ...

, a city in Tumkur district of Karnataka, India *

Sira Taluk Sira is a taluk of Tumkur district in the state of Karnataka, India. Its headquarters, Sira city lies on the NH 48 (earlier NH 4) History Sira was politically and militarily an important region of south India prior to the British Raj. Sira P ...

, whose headquarters are in Sira

Iran

Sira, Iran Sira ( fa, سيرا, also Romanized as Sīrā and Sirah; also known as Sarāb) was a village in Adaran Rural District, Asara District, Karaj County, Alborz Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 296, in 78 families. It has since b ...

, a village in Alborz Province, Iran

Norway

Sira, Norway Sira is a village in Flekkefjord municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located immediately east of the county border of Agder and Rogaland. The European route E39 highway passes by the village and the Sørlandet Line runs right thr ...

, a village in Flekkefjord municipality, Agder county *

Sira River Sira is a river in southwestern Norway. The long river flows begins in the Sirdalsheiane mountains near the borders of Agder and Rogaland counties. The headwaters of the river is the lake Ytre Storevatnet and it flows south through the Sirdalen ...

, a river running through the Sirdalen valley in Agder and Rogaland counties

Religion

Sīra Al-Sīra al-Nabawiyya (), commonly shortened to Sīrah and translated as prophetic biography, are the traditional Muslim biographies of Muhammad from which, in addition to the Quran and Hadiths, most historical information about his life and the ...

, prophetic biography in Islam *

Sīra shaʿbiyya ''Sīra shaʿbiyya'' is a genre in Islamic literature consisting of long heroic narrative. The ''sīra''s are generally historical fictions, using historical settings, characters and events and focussing on military exploits. They are typical wri ...

, popular epic in Arabic *

Sira Church (Nesset) Sira Church or Eresfjord Church ( no, Sira kyrkje/Eresfjord kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eresfjord. It is the church for the Eresfjo ...

, a parish church in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *

Sirat Rasul Allah Al-Sīra al-Nabawiyya (), commonly shortened to Sīrah and translated as prophetic biography, are the traditional Muslim biographies of Muhammad from which, in addition to the Quran and Hadiths, most historical information about his life and th ...

, the traditional name for biographies of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad * Sira, title in

Old West Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlement ...

for a priest

Other uses

Sira (notified body) Sira is a UK-based notified body, specialising in ATEX, IECEX and North American product approvals. Foundation Sira began life as the British Scientific Instrument Research Association (BSIRA). It was founded in 1918 by a Committee of the P ...

, engineering companies based in South London *

Sira Fortress Sira Fortress/Castle (قلعة صيرة) is a military site in Aden, Yemen. The original fortress dates to the 11th century, and is still in use today by the Yemeni military.Walker, Jenny, Stuart Butler, Frances Linzee Gordon, Terry Carter, ...

, Aden, Yemen *

Şıra Şıra or sira is a Turkish non-alcoholic drink made from slightly fermented grape juice. It tastes sweet due to the high fructose it contains. Its colour is terracotta. It's mostly served with İskender kebap. A flavored version of şıra is ser ...

, a Turkish drink * SirA or

Uroporphyrinogen-III C-methyltransferase Uroporphyrinogen-III C-methyltransferase (), ''uroporphyrinogen methyltransferase'', ''uroporphyrinogen-III methyltransferase'', ''adenosylmethionine-uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferase'', ''S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent uroporphyrinogen III ...

, an enzyme