Buna
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Buna may refer to the official Mbum language
of Cameroon, as well as:
People:
Places:
Rivers and other waterbodies:
Things:
Mbum language
The Mbum are considered the original population of the Adamawa Plateau in Cameroon. That said, some histories recall that there were a people already in the area when they arrived there centuries ago...
of Cameroon, as well as:
People:
- Buna Lawrie, an Australian Aboriginal musician.
Places:
- Buna villageBuna villageBuna village is a small village at the confluence of the Buna river and Neretva river some 10 km downstream the Neretva and south of Mostar, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
, a small Bosnia and Herzegovina village at the confluence of the Buna and Neretva rivers - Bună Ziua, Cluj-NapocaBuna Ziua, Cluj-NapocaBună Ziua is a housing district in Cluj-Napoca in Romania. It was erected after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, and is located in the southern side of the city....
, a housing district in Romania - Buna, Kenya, captured by Italy in the East African Campaign (World War II)East African Campaign (World War II)The East African Campaign was a series of battles fought in East Africa during World War II by the British Empire, the British Commonwealth of Nations and several allies against the forces of Italy from June 1940 to November 1941....
. - Buna, Papua New GuineaBuna, Papua New GuineaBuna is a village in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. It was the site in part, of the Battle of Buna-Gona during World War II, when it constituted a variety of native huts and a handful of houses with a airstrip...
, site of the World War II InvasionInvasion of Buna-GonaThe Invasion of Buna-Gona, called Operation RI by the Japanese, was an operation by Imperial Japanese forces to occupy the Buna-Gona area in the Territory of New Guinea between 21–24 July 1942 during the Pacific campaign of the Second World War...
& Battle of Buna–Gona. - Buna, TexasBuna, TexasBuna is a census-designated place in Jasper County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,269 at the 2000 census.-History:The Beaumont Lumber Company mill in southern Jasper County was first called Carrolla for the Carroll family, prominent Beaumont lumbermen and industrialists...
, in Jasper Dicken County and named for Buna Corley - Mala BunaMala BunaMala Buna is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D31 highway....
, a village in Croatia - Velika BunaVelika BunaVelika Buna is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D31 highway....
, a village in Croatia
Rivers and other waterbodies:
- Buna, the Albanian name for the Bojana RiverBojana RiverThe Bojana or Buna , is a 41 km long river in Albania and Montenegro which flows into the Adriatic Sea. An outflow of Lake Skadar, measured from the source of the lake's longest tributary, the Morača, the Morača-Lake Skadar- Bojana system is 183 km long.- The river in Albania :The river...
in Albania and Montenegro. - Buna (Neretva), a Neretva tributary in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Buna BayBuna BayBuna Bay is a bay and port on the southeast coast of Papua New Guinea. An important shipping port, it was developed for the purpose of transporting agricultural products overseas. The Sangara plantations of coffee, rubber and sugar were traditionally transported down to Buna Bay and sent overseas,...
, a bay and port of Papua New Guinea
Things:
- Buna (Fagus crenataFagus crenataFagus crenata, known as the Japanese beech, Siebold's beech, or buna, is a deciduous tree of the beech family Fagaceae. It is native to Japan where it is widespread and often one of the dominant trees of Japan's deciduous forests. It is found from the Oshima Peninsula in Hokkaidō south to the Ōsumi...
), a deciduous tree of the Beech family - Buna rubber, synthetic rubberSynthetic rubberSynthetic rubber is is any type of artificial elastomer, invariably a polymer. An elastomer is a material with the mechanical property that it can undergo much more elastic deformation under stress than most materials and still return to its previous size without permanent deformation...
such as Nitrile rubberNitrile rubberNitrile rubber, also known as Buna-N, Perbunan, or NBR, is a synthetic rubber copolymer of acrylonitrile and butadiene. Trade names include Nipol, Krynac and Europrene....
(Buna-N) and Styrene-butadieneStyrene-butadieneStyrene-Butadiene or Styrene-Butadiene-Rubber is a synthetic rubber copolymer consisting of styrene and butadiene. It has good abrasion resistance and good aging stability when protected by additives, and is widely used in car tires, where it may be blended with natural rubber...
(Buna-S) - Buna-Werke, synthetic rubber factories of Nazi Germany (e.g., Chemische Werke Huls, Chemische Werke Buna at SchkopauSchkopauSchkopau is a municipality in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approx. 4 km north of Merseburg, and 10 km south of Halle . During World War II, the Schkopau plant was the greatest producer of Axis synthetic rubber ....
, & Buna-Werke at Dwory) - HMAS Buna (L 132), a landing craft named after the Battle of Buna-Gona
- Seljačka bunaSeljačka bunaSeljačka buna is the second and last album by the Serbian rock supergroup Familija, released in 1997.- Background :The band's second album featured the same style the band had on the debut. The album, like the previous, was produced by Đorđe Petrović, and featured fourteen songs, including "Brate...
, a Serbian album by Familija