Orava
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Orava may refer to:
- Orava (region)Orava (region)Orava is the traditional name of a region situated in northern Slovakia and partially also in southern Poland . It encompasses the territory of the former Árva county.-History:...
, a region in Slovakia and Poland - Orava (river) in Slovakia
- Orava (castle)Orava (castle)Orava Castle is situated on a high rock above Orava river. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful castles in Slovakia. The castle was built in the thirteenth century...
, a castle in Slovakia - Orava (reservoir)Orava (reservoir)Orava is a reservoir in northernmost Slovakia, which is the largest lake in Slovakia . It has been constructed between 1941 and 1953 as a dam built on the former two sources of the Orava river. Several former villages had to be inundated for this purpose...
, a reservoir in Slovakia - Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)A county is the name of a type of administrative units in the Kingdom of Hungary and in Hungary from the 10th century until the present day....
, a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary - Orava Parish, a rural municipality in southern Estonia
- Orava, EstoniaOrava, EstoniaOrava is a village in Põlva County, South East Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Orava Parish.Orava railway station on Tartu-Pechory railway line is located around 3 km north of the village. It is the last station on the Edelaraudtee Tartu-Orava route....
, a village in Orava Parish
- Orava, Estonia
- Orava, Russia, an Estonian village in Novosibirsk OblastNovosibirsk OblastNovosibirsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibirsk. Population: -Overview:...
, Russia - Sakari OravaSakari OravaSakari Orava is a Finnish sports medicine surgeon, physician, orthopedist, and professor.Orava has clinics in Turku, Rome and Madrid. He has been dubbed as "Dr. House of sports", and has performed over 20,000 surgeries throughout his career...
(born 1945), Finnish sports-medicine surgeon - Pikku OravaPikku OravaPikku Orava is an animated singing squirrel, popular in Finland. Its album, Uusi Seedee reached number two in the Finnish album charts, and has achieved platinum status . The songs are cover versions of popular Finnish songs, in a squeaky voice similar to The Chipmunks.Pikku-Orava has released an...
, a finnish artist character that resembles the ChipmunksThe ChipmunksAlvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks: Alvin, the mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group; Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual;... - Orawa, a classical music piece by Wojciech KilarWojciech KilarWojciech Kilar ; b. 17 July 1932 in Lwów, Poland) is a Polish classical and film music composer.-Biography:Wojciech Kilar is one of Poland’s esteemed composers. Born in 1932 in Lwów . His father was a gynecologist and his mother was a theater actress...