Boule

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The term Boule may refer to:

• Boule (ancient Greece), plural boulai, assembly forming part of city governments in Ancient Greece
• Boule (crystal), block of synthetically-produced crystal material
• Boule (Community), community of the Ivory Coast, West Africa
• Boule (bread), a round loaf of white (often sourdough) bread, from boule, the French word for 'ball'

Boule as a surname may refer to:

• Marcellin Boule (1861–1942), French palaeontologist

Boule may also refer to:

• Boules, in full jeu de boules, collective term for ball games involving metal balls aimed at a smaller target ball
• Boule ton Ellinon, a term for the Hellenic Parliament
• Boule et Bill, Belgian comic book series, created in 1959
• "Boule de Suif", 1884 short story by Guy de Maupassant
• "Coup de Boule" (French for "headbutt"), 2006 French song
• Sigma Pi Phi, a historically black fraternity in the United States

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