an inland prefecture in the 近畿 (Kinki) region of Japan facing the Pacific Ocean; its capital city is also 奈良 (Nara)

(dialect, Okinawa) Japanese language

a dialect; a provincialism

Short for 奈良県 (Nara-ken): Nara Prefecture / Short for 奈良市 (Nara-shi): the capital city of Nara in northern Nara Prefecture / a surname

a town in the Shikinoshimo district in the Yamato Province of Japan, generally equivalent to modern Tenri area / A city in Kanagawa Prefecture

(historical) one of the old provinces that made up Japan, generally equivalent to modern Nara prefecture / (poetic) the country of Japan

(Chinese history) an era during the Tang dynasty, from 827 through 835 CE / (Chinese history) an era during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, from 929 through 935 CE

a type of administrative district, including 43 of the 47 prefectures of modern Japan, Chinese counties, French departments, etc.

mouth

(sociolinguistics) dialectology