Nigra
Appearance
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Nigra may refer to:
Geography
[edit]- Castelnuovo Nigra, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont
- Porta Nigra, a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany
- Rupes Nigra, a phantom island, was believed to be a 33-mile-wide magnetic island of black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole
Medicine
[edit]- Dermatosis papulosa nigra, a condition of many small, benign skin lesions on that face that closely simulate seborrheic keratoses, a condition generally presenting on dark-skinned individuals
- Linea nigra, a dark vertical line that appears on the abdomen during pregnancy
- Substantia nigra, a portion of the brain associated with dopamine production
- Tinea nigra, a superficial fungal infection that causes dark brown to black painless patches on the soles of the hands and feet
People
[edit]- Christina Nigra, an actress who performed in The Sword and the Sorcerer, Twilight Zone: The Movie, and Cloak & Dagger
- Costantino Nigra, an Italian diplomatist
Other uses
[edit]- Patriotic Nigras, a group of griefers in the virtual world Second Life
- By extension, a suit-wearing Afro-styled avatar used by the group for raids in Habbo Hotel
- A variant spelling of "Negro"