Tara

Tara may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

Tara (1992 film), an Indian film directed by Bijaya Jena
Tara (2001 film), an American film, also known as Hood Rat, directed by Leslie Small
Tara (2010 film), a Bengali film directed by Bratyo Basu
Tara (2013 film), an Indian film directed by Kumar Raj
Tara (TV series), soap opera that aired on Zee TV
TARA, acronym for The Amazing Race Asia, a reality game show on the AXN network

Music

T-ara, a South Korean girl music group
Tara Music, a label featuring traditional Irish music
Tara (Absu album)
"Tara" (song), a song on Moya Brennan's 2003 album Two Horizons
Tara (Yano album)
"Tara", a song by Roxy Music on the 1982 album Avalon (Roxy Music album)

Fictional settings

Tara (plantation), fictional home of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
Tara, a planet, setting of the Doctor Who serial The Androids of Tara
Tara, a fictional town, the setting for the 1970 film The Spider's Stratagem

Biology

Tara (plant), a genus of legumes
Tara (spider), a genus of jumping spiders
Tara tree (Caesalpitarania spinosa), native to Peru
Tara, a Malagasy name for the shrub Lemuropisum edule
Tara, a theoretical founding ancestor of Haplogroup T
A Vitis rotundifolia grape variety

Companies and media

Țara, a newspaper from the Republic of Moldova
Tara International, Indian marketer for Tara Green Auto
Tara Labs, a manufacturer of high-end audio products
Tara Newz, a Bengali news channel
Tara Television (or Tara TV), an Irish cable and satellite channel

People

Şarık Tara (born 1930), Turkish billionaire and former captain of industry
Tara (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
Tara (Kannada actress), stage name of Indian actress and politician, Anuradha
Tara (wrestler), ring name of professional wrestler Lisa Marie Varon
Tara the Southern Belle, a member of the Southern Belles tag-team from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

Places

Natural features

5863 Tara, an asteroid
Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland, a ritual site of ancient high kings of Ireland
Salar de Tara, a salt pan in Chile
Tara (river), in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tara, an older name for the river Tragus, in Arcadia, Greece
Tara, Saga, town, mountain and mountain range in Saga Prefecture, Japan
Tara Hill, County Wexford, Ireland, a hill and a village
Tara (Irtysh), a tributary of the Irtysh in Siberia, Russia
Tara Island, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines
Tara Mountain and Tara National Park in Serbia

Populated places

Africa

Tara, Cairo, a villa in Gezira Island, Cairo, Egypt, made famous by its inhabitants during World War II
Tara, Ethiopia, a village in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia
Tara, Zambia, a village in the Southern Province of Zambia
Tara Subcounty, a region in Maracha District, Uganda

Asia

Tara, Afghanistan, in Maidan Wardak Province
Tara, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province
Tara, Nepal, a village in Baglung District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal
Tara, Russia, several inhabited localities
Tara, Saga, a town, mountain, and mountain range in Saga Prefecture, Japan

Australia

Tara, Northern Territory, a locality in the Barkly Region
Tara, Queensland, a town
Tara County, New South Wales
Shire of Tara, Queensland

Europe

Hill of Tara, an ancient site in County Meath, Republic of Ireland
Tara, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
Tara, County Offaly, a townland in the civil parish of Durrow, barony of Ballycowan, Republic of Ireland

North America

Tara, Florida, United States, an unincorporated area
Tara, Ontario, village in Canada
Tara Township, Minnesota (disambiguation), several places in the United States

Religion

Tara (Buddhism), a tantric meditation deity in Tibetan Buddhism
In Hinduism:
- Tara (Devi), a Tantric goddess
- Tara (Ramayana), the wife of the monkey king Vali
- Another name for Taraka (goddess), the second wife of Brihaspati
Tara, a sea goddess in Polynesian mythology

Schools

Tara Anglican School for Girls, North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Tara High School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Tara Institute, a Tibetan Buddhist center in Melbourne, Australia

Titles

Baron Brabazon of Tara, a UK title
Baron Tara, an Irish title
Kingship of Tara, a title in ancient Ireland
Viscount Tara, an Irish title
Tara Mayonnaise, a queen in france

Transportation

Tara Air, a Nepalese airline
Tara Field, an airport in Georgia, United States
Tara Station, a railway station in Saga Prefecture, Japan
Tara Street, a major traffic route in Dublin, Ireland
Tara Street railway station in Dublin, Ireland

Other uses

Đurđevića Tara Bridge, a bridge over the Tara River in northern Montenegro
tārā, Tahitian slang for 5 CFP francs
Tara (cat), a family cat who saved a four-year-old boy from a dog attack
Tara (Northern Ireland), a loyalist group
Tara, Chertsey, a house in Surrey, UK, previously the home of drummer Keith Moon
Tara Brooch, an artifact from Ireland
Tara expedition, an Arctic voyage 2006-08
Tara Foundation, a charity for transgender people
Tara Hurdle, a horse race in Ireland
Tara Mine, a zinc and lead mine near Navan, County Meath, Ireland
Tara Theatre, an art house movie theater in Atlanta named after the plantation in Gone With the Wind
Timed antagonistic response alethiometer, a type of lie detection technique
Tāra, Māori language name for New Zealand dollar
Yugoslav submarine Nebojša, or Tara, a submarine of the Yugoslav Navy

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