Boule

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Boule may refer to:

Ball games

Boules, a collective term for games involving players throwing balls at a smaller target ball
- Pétanque, a common variety originating in France and sometimes loosely called "boules" in English
- Boule Lyonnaise, another boules game of French origin
- Boule Bretonne, a boules game from Brittany
Boule (gambling game), a game similar to roulette

People

Boule (community), an Akan people in Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé (1799–1865), French playwright
Marcellin Boule (1861–1942), French palaeontologist

Politics

Boule (ancient Greece), a citizens' council appointed to run daily affairs of a city
Hellenic Parliament, transliterated as Vouli or Boule from Greek

Science and geography

Boule (crystal), an ingot of synthetically produced crystal
Boule (gene), an alias for the gene BOLL, responsible for sperm production in animals
Boule Range [sv], one of the Northern Continental Ranges in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Other uses

The Boulé, or Sigma Pi Phi fraternity, the oldest fraternity for African Americans named with Greek letters
Boule (bread), a round loaf of white bread
Boule, in Chadian cuisine, a porridge

See also

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