Bure

Bure can be:

Places

Belgium

• Bure, Belgium, a small village in the Belgian province of Luxembourg, known for the Chantoir (sinkhole) de Bure.

Ethiopia

• Bure, Africa is a town on the disputed border between Eritrea and Ethiopia.
• Bure (Gojjam), Ethiopia is a town in the Mirab Gojjam Zone
• Bure is the woreda in Ethiopia which contains the town immediately above
• Bure (Illubabor), Ethiopia is a town in the Illubabor Zone.
• Bure, a woreda or district in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia (containing none of the "Bure"s above)

France

• Bure, Meuse, a municipality in the Meuse département, in France, hosting the Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory.
• Bure, Moselle a village in the French département of Moselle.

Italy

• Bure (torrent), Italian torrent basin

Sweden

• Bure River, a river in Sweden

Switzerland

• Bure, Switzerland, municipality of the Canton of Jura

United Kingdom

• River Bure, a river in Norfolk, England.

• Bure (HM Prison), a prison named after the river in Norfolk, England

Russian names

• Pavel Bure, Russian hockey player.
• Valeri Bure, Russian hockey player (brother of Pavel Bure).
• Vladimir Bure, Soviet swimmer, father of Pavel Bure and Valeri Bure.

Swedish names

• A personal name preservad in Burestenen, a Swedish runestone.
• A Swedish family name, see Bure kinship.
  • Johannes Bureus or Johan Bure, a Swedish 17th century polymath.
• Bure Equity, Swedish investment company.

Other uses

• Bure is the Fijian word for a wood-and-straw hut.