Nigra

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Nigra may refer to:

Geography

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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"

See also

• Niger (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing nigra

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This page was last edited on 19 July 2023, at 05:59