Dictionary - Definition of Bura

Definition: Bura


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.[Wordnet].
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"Bura" is a common misspelling or typo for: Burma, bursa, burka, burs, Busra, burqa, burga, burac.

Date "Bura" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1922. (references)

Specialty Definition: Bura

Domain	Definition
Antiquities	Bura (Boura). One of the twelve original cities of Achaea, formerly situated near the sea; but having been destroyed by an earthquake, it was rebuilt by the survivors about forty stadia from the shore, on the river Buraïcus (Herod.i. 145). (references)
Wikipedic	Bura is a genus of ladybirds in the Family Coccinellidae, subfamily Coccidulinae, tribe Coccidulini. See also List of Coccinellidae genera. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top

Bura may refer to several different things:

In biology, Bura is a genus of beetles
Bura (also Boura) was an ancient city of Achaea, Greece
Bura, Tana River District, Kenya
Bura, Taita-Taveta District, Kenya
In linguistics, Bura (also Bura-Pabir) is a Chadic language spoken in Nigeria
In meteorology, Bura (also Bora) is a wind in the northern Mediterranean
In Acronyms, "BURA, An EMC Corporation term, well known in the Storage Industry, stands for BackUp, Recovery and Archiving. The BURA concept is today's biggest solution for Information Protection." Source - 'Artificial Intelligence in an Information Protected World"

BURA, Brunel University Research Archive[2] in West London, United Kingdom

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Bura". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: Bura
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Bura	21	Bura	21
Bura Gauranga River	11	Bura (genus)	3
Bura Jungle	4	Bura Gauranga River	11
Bura (genus)	3	Bura Jungle	4
Felister Aloyce Bura	2	Felister Aloyce Bura	2
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).