Nara can refer to:

• The city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
• The Nara Period of the History of Japan
• Nara prefecture, part of the Kansai region of central Honshu, Japan
• Nara is a major Manchu clan. The Hūlun Four States (Hada , Ula , Hoifa , Yehe ) were ruled by this clan. Hada Nara and Ula Nara share the ancestor. Yehe Nara originated in the Mongols but took over this clan. Hoifa Nara came from the Ikderi clan. Empress Dowager Cixi was from the Yehe Nara clan.
• Nara is a type of rock processed by the D'ni people in the fictional Myst universe.
• Nara is a village in the Abbottabad District of Pakistan.
• Nara (tribe) is a tribe living in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
• Nara , a book by Konan Naito

see also NARA