Abra
Encyclopedia

Places

  • Abra, Burkina Faso
    Abra, Burkina Faso
    Abra, Burkina Faso is a village in the Bourzanga Department of Bam Province in northern Burkina Faso. It has a population of 884.-External links:*...

  • Abra, Côte d'Ivoire
    Abra, Côte d'Ivoire
    -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

  • Abra (province), a province of the Philippines
  • Abra River
    Abra River
    Abra River is the 6th largest river system in the Philippines in terms of watershed size. It has an estimated drainage area of 5,125 square kilometers and a length of 178 kilometers from its source in the vicinity of Mount Data in the Benguet province....

    , in the Philippines
  • El Abra
    El Abra
    El Abra is an archaeological excavation site, located in the valley of the same name, east of the city of Zipaquirá, department Cundinamarca, Colombia; in the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, at an altitude of 2,570 m...

    , an archaeological excavation site in Colombia
  • Abra, Lebanon, a municipality of Lebanon
    Municipalities of Lebanon
    ||The districts of Lebanon are divided into municipalities.*Akkar District||The districts of Lebanon are divided into municipalities.*Akkar District||The districts of Lebanon are divided into municipalities.*Akkar District:Abboudieh...


Other uses

  • Check Point Abra
    Check Point Abra
    Check Point GO is a USB drive that combines an encrypted USB flash drive with virtualization, VPN and computer security technologies to turn a PC into a secure corporate desktop. By plugging Check Point GO into the USB port of a Microsoft Windows® OS-based PC or laptop, users can launch a secure...

    , a USB drive that combines an encrypted USB flash drive with virtualization, VPN and computer security technologies
  • Abra (boat)
    Abra (boat)
    An abra is a traditional boat made of wood, used to transport people across Dubai Creek in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A medium-sized single-engine craft with a capacity of about 20 passengers, it is driven by a single operator from a cockpit stepped in the center of the hull...

    , a type of river-crossing boat in Dubai, United Arab Emerites
  • ABRA (gene)
    ABRA (gene)
    Actin-binding Rho-activating protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ABRA gene. The mouse and rat homologues are known as STARS and MS1 respectively....

    , a human gene located on chromosome 8
  • Abra (Pokémon), a type of creature in Pokémon media
  • American Boat Racing Association
    American Boat Racing Association
    H1 Unlimited is an Unlimited Hydroplane racing league that is sanctioned by the American Power Boat Association , and Union Internationale Motonautique . Until 2009, the series was known as ABRA Unlimited Hydroplane, in turn renamed from APBA Unlimited Hydroplane in 2004...

  • American Bulldog Registry and Archives
    American Bulldog Registry and Archives
    The American Bulldog Registry and Archives is a single breed registry founded in 1999 in the United States, It is now located in Canada and is operated by Lesli and Lance Rose....

    , an organization begun by members defecting from ABERT
    ABERT
    ABERT is the Brazilian Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters . It was founded in 1962. The association has only two of the major television networks as members: Rede Globo and TV Record...

  • Abra (genus), a genus of Semelidae
    Semelidae
    The Semelidae are a family of clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida.-Characteristics:Menbers of this family have rounded or oval, elongated shells, much flattened. The two valves are connected by an internal ligament in contrast to the closely related family Tellinidae where the...

     clams
  • Abra, a novel by Joan Barfoot
    Joan Barfoot
    Joan Louise Barfoot is a Canadian novelist. She has published 11 novels, including Luck , which was a nomineee for the 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and Critical Injuries , which was longlisted for the 2002 Man Booker Prize...


People with the name

  • Douglas Abra
    Douglas Abra
    The Honourable Douglas N. Abra, Q.C was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba on July 10, 2007. He replaced Mr. Justice Alan D. MacInnes, upon his appointment to the Manitoba Court of Appeal.Mr. Justice Abra received a Bachelor of Arts in 1968 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1972...

     (born 1947), judge of Manitoba, Canada
  • Abra of Poitiers
    Abra of Poitiers
    Saint Abra was the daughter of Hilary of Poitiers and has herself been recognized as a saint.She was born before her father converted to Christianity and was made a bishop. At her father's advice she took the vow of virginity and became a nun. During her father's exile from Poitiers she and her...

     (aka Saint Abra) (c.343–c.360), French saint
  • Abra Moore
    Abra Moore
    Abra Moore is a folk-styled rock singer-songwriter. Her 1997 album Strangest Places included the hit "Four Leaf Clover", which received airplay in Midwest U.S. radio markets and VH1 and MTV2 rotation, and charted on the Billboard Hot 100.-Biography:Moore's parents named Abra after the heroine of...

     (born 1969), Irish-American singer-songwriter
  • Abra Prentice Wilkin
    Abra Prentice Wilkin
    Abra Prentice Anderson Wilkin is an American philanthropist. She is the daughter of John Rockefeller Prentice and his wife, Abbie Cantrill Prentice. Wilkin is the great-granddaughter of the Standard Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller .Wilkin attended both The Latin School of Chicago and The Ethel...

     (born 1942), American philanthropist, socialite and member of the Rockefeller Family

Fictional

  • Abra Durant
    Abra Durant
    Percival "Abra" Durant is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, portrayed by actor Adrian Edmondson. The character first appeared on-screen on 5 July 2005 in the episode "Tuesday's Child", episode 38 of the show's seventh series...

    , a fictional surgeon in the British television series Holby City
  • Abra Kadabra (comics)
    Abra Kadabra (comics)
    Abra Kadabra is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the DC Comics universe and an enemy of the Flash. He first appeared in Flash #128 and was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino.-Fictional character biography:...

    , a DC comic book supervillain
  • Abra Bacon, young woman in John Steinbeck's novel "East of Eden"

See also

  • Abracadabra
    Abracadabra
    Abracadabra is an incantation used as a magic word in stage magic tricks, and historically was believed to have healing powers when inscribed on an amulet...

    , an incantation
  • Goodliffe's Abracadabra
    Goodliffe's Abracadabra
    Abracadabra was a British weekly magic magazine whose publication life spanned sixty-three years. The first issue was published on the 2nd of February 1946; the last issue was published on the 28th of March 2009; a total of 3,296 issues.....

    (known by magicians as "Abra"), a weekly magic magazine that closed in 2009
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