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*[[Goparaju Ramachandra Rao]] ("Gora"), Indian atheist author and confidante of Gandhi.
*[[Goparaju Ramachandra Rao]] ("Gora"), Indian atheist author and confidante of Gandhi.
*[[Gora (clan)]], a clan of Jats found in north India.
*[[Gora (clan)]], a clan of Jats found in north India.
*''gora'', a [[Hindi]] and [[Punjabi]] word for a fair-skinned person, whether Indian or from other regions; also used by [[British Asian]]s to refer to [[white people]] (plural ''goray'', feminine ''[[gori]]'').
*''gora'', a [[Hindi]] and [[Punjabi]] word for a yellow-skinned or light-brown person, whether Indian or from other regions


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Revision as of 20:49, 13 March 2008

Gora may refer to:

People
Places
  • As a Slavic word for "mountain" or "hill":
    • Góra, the name of a town and of various villages in Poland.
    • Gora, a region in Kosovo, southern Serbia and adjacent eastern Albania inhabited by the Gorani people.
    • Kranjska Gora, a town and municipality in north-western Slovenia.
  • Gora Ardan, a peak in the western plains of Turkmenistan.
  • Gora, a tourist hub and spa town near Mount Fuji, Japan.
Culture