Sura (disambiguation)
Appearance
A Surah is a chapter of the Qur'an.
Sura may also refer to:
People
[edit]- Bob Sura (born 1973), American former basketball player
- Lucius Licinius Sura (40–108/113), Roman senator and close associate of Emperor Trajan
- Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura (died 63 BC), stepfather of Mark Anthony and participant in the Second Catilinarian conspiracy
- Aemilius Sura, Roman historian (1st century BC or AD)
- Sura Saenkham (born 1959), Thai boxer, called Khaosai Galaxy
- Sura, the wife of Spartacus in the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand
- Sura-dharman, a character in the 11th-century Indian story collection Shringara-manjari-katha
Places
[edit]- Sura (city), a city in ancient Babylonia
- Sura Academy, a Jewish Yeshiva Academy in this city
- Sura (Lycia), a town in ancient Lycia, now in Turkey
- Sura, Syria, a city in Syria and a former Bishopric (currently a titular see)
- Sura (river), 5 rivers in Russia
- Sura, a village in Slivilești Commune, Gorj County, Romania
- Șura Mare, a commune in Sibiu County, Romania
- Șura Mică, a commune in Sibiu County, Romania
- Sura (state constituency), state constituency in Malaysia
Food and drink
[edit]- Sura (alcoholic drink), an alcoholic drink used as an anaesthetic in ancient India
- Sura, honorific form of bap, food for the monarch in the Korean cuisine
Other
[edit]- Rajarsitulyakula, also called Sura dynasty, a dynasty in India
- Sura (film), a 2010 Indian Tamil film starring Vijay
- Sura (moth), a genus of moth
- SNORA and SURA-D rockets, an unguided Swiss air-to-surface rocket
- Sura Ionospheric Heating Facility, a research facility in Russia
- Calf (leg) (Latin: sura), the back portion of the lower leg in human anatomy
- Deva (Hinduism), or Sura, a minor, benevolent deity in Hinduism
- Sura, the first month in the Javanese calendar
- SURA, the Southeastern Universities Research Association
- Shan United Revolutionary Army