title: Nigra
text: # Nigra
  
  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"
  