Bola may refer to:
People
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Bola (name) Bola has been used as both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Bola Abimbola (born ), vocalist from Lagos, Nigeria
* Bola Adesola, Nigerian busiinesswoman
* Bola Afonja (born 1943), Nigerian politician
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, a surname and given name
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Darrell Fitton, electronic musician from Manchester, England, AKA "Bola" and "Jello"
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Bola Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian politician serving as the 16th and current president of Nigeria since 2023. He previously served as the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and senator for Lagos ...
, 16th president of Nigeria
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Bola Ige
Chief James Ajibola Idowu Ige ( ; 13 September 1930 – 23 December 2001), popularly known as Bola Ige, was a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He served as Federal Minister of Justice of Nigeria from January 2000 until his assassination in De ...
, Nigerian politician (1930–2001)
Geography
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Bola (volcano)
The Bola volcano, also known as Wangore, is an andesitic stratovolcano, located south-west of the Dakataua caldera in New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It is tall and has a wide summit crater.
The most recent lava flow was erupted from the sum ...
, a volcano on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea
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Bola, Togo, village in Togo country
* Tatar spelling of
Bula River
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Bolae Bolae or Bola was an ancient city of Latium that was repeatedly mentioned in the early history of Rome. It was likely located in the territory of the modern town of Labico.
History
Its foundation is expressly ascribed by Virgil to the kings of A ...
, an ancient city of Latium, Italy
Sports and games
* Bola bola, a gambling game similar to
Three-card Monte
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''Bola'' (video game), a 2010 Facebook game developed by Playdom
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Bola de Ouro
The ''Bola de Ouro'' (Golden Ball) is an annual award given each year, since 1973, by Brazilian sports magazine '' Placar'' to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro. A group of sports journalists watch every match of the competition and ra ...
, a Brazilian association football award
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''Bola'' (tabloid), an Indonesian sports newspaper published from 1984 to 2018
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Rola bola
A balance board is a device used as a circus skill, for recreation, balance training, athletic training, brain development, therapy, musical training and other kinds of personal development.
It is a lever similar to a see-saw that the use ...
, a plank on a cylinder on which a person balances
Entertainment
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Bola Kampung, Malaysian children's animated TV series
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Bola Bola (miniseries), Philippine teen romantic comedy television miniseries
Other uses
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Bolas
Bolas or bolases (: bola; from Spanish and Portuguese ''bola'', "ball", also known as a ''boleadora'' or ''boleadeira'') is a type of throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, used to capture animals by entangling ...
, throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of an interconnected cord
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Bola tie, or "Bolo tie", a type of necktie consisting of a piece of cord fastened with an ornamental bar or clasp
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Bolan Pass
Bolan Pass () is a valley and a natural gateway through the Toba Kakar range in Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is situated south of Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. The pass is an stretch of the Bolan River valley from Rindli in the ...
, Mountain pass in Balochistan, Pakistan
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cloe Bola, a severe 1988 Pacific cyclone
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Bola language (Austronesian)
Bola, or Bakovi, is an Oceanic language of West New Britain in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Gui ...
, an Oceanic language of West New Britain in Papua New Guinea
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Pela language
Pela or Bola (; autonym: ', exonym: '), is a Burmish language of Western Yunnan, China. In China, Pela speakers are classified as part of the Jingpo ethnic group. Pela may also be spoken in Burma.
Distribution
There are about 500 speakers as o ...
(Bola language), a Burmish language of Western Yunnan, China
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Bolas spider
A bolas spider is a member of the orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae) that, instead of spinning a typical Spider web, orb web, hunts by using one or more sticky "capture blobs" on the end of a Spider silk, silk line, known as a "bolas". By swing ...
, Group of spiders that capture prey with a bolas
See also
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A Bola
''A Bola'' (; ) is a Portuguese language, Portuguese sports newspaper published in Lisbon.
History and profile
''A Bola'' was founded in 1945 by Cândido de Oliveira, Ribeiro dos Reis and Vicente de Melo and was then published twice a week. It ...
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A Bola, Ourense
A Bola is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Terra de Celanova
Terra de Celanova is a comarca in the Galician province of Ourense. The overall population of this ...
, in Spain
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El Bola
''El Bola'' (English: ''Pellet'') is a 2000 Spanish drama film, directed by Achero Mañas. It won the Goya Award for Best Film at the 15th Goya Awards
The 15th Goya Awards were presented in Madrid, Spain
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and ...
''
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Battle of Los Angeles (disambiguation) The Battle of Los Angeles was an anti-aircraft artillery barrage in February 1942 over Los Angeles, California, in response to a perceived attack on the continental United States by Imperial Japan, subsequently attributed to a case of "war nerves" l ...
(BOLA)
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Bolas (disambiguation) Bolas is a throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cord.
Bolas may also refer to:
People with the name
* Mark Bolas, a virtual reality researcher
* Niko Bolas, an American music producer
Other uses
* Bolas (horse)
* Bolas ...
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Bolla (disambiguation)
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Bolo (disambiguation)
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