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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 **Acronym for '' The Amazing Race Australia'', a reality game show on Network Ten


Music

* T-ara, a South Korean girl 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 *Tara, Māori for the White-fronted tern ''(Sterna striata)'' *Tara, a Chinese name for ''
Calamus erectus ''Calamus erectus'', also known as viagra palm and locally as tynriew, tara, and zhi li sheng teng, is a flowering shrub in the family Arecaceae. The Botanical nomenclature, specific epithet (''erectus'') refers to the plant's habit of growing str ...
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Companies and media

*'' Țara'', a newspaper from the Republic of Moldova *
Tara Air Tara Air Pvt. Ltd. is an airline headquartered in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is a subsidiary of Yeti Airlines. Tara Air was formed in 2009 using aircraft from the Yeti Airlines fleet and is based at Tribhuvan International Airport, with a secondary hub ...
, a Nepalese airline *
Tara International Tara International, a subsidiary of Bengal Enamal, located in Mumbai, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; th ...
, Indian marketer for Tara Green Auto *
Tara Labs TARA (The Absolute Reference Audio) Labs is a manufacturer of high-end audio cables from Medford, Oregon. It is currently led by president Merrill Bergs. Tara Labs is known for their use of solid wire. History TARA Labs was established in ...
, a manufacturer of high-end audio products *
Tara Muzik Tara Muzik was an Indian Bengali-language satellite and cable music-oriented television channel owned by the Saradha Group, a chit fund company. It was launched on 21 February 2005, as the first Bengali-language music-oriented channel in the ...
, a defunct Indian Bengali music channel *
Tara Newz Tara Newz was an Indian Bengali-language satellite and cable 24-hour news and current affairs television channel owned by the Saradha Group, a chit fund company. It was launched on 21 February 2005, airing regional news coverages, after bein ...
, a defunct Indian Bengali news channel * Tara Television (or Tara TV), an Irish cable and satellite channel


People

* Şarık Tara (1930–2018), Turkish billionaire and former captain of industry * Tara (Assamese actress), former Indian film actress * 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

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


Populated places


Africa

* "Tara", Cairo, a squatted villa on Gezira Island, Cairo, Egypt, made notorious by its SOE occupants during World War II * Tara, Zambia, a village in the Southern Province of Zambia * Tara Subcounty, a region in Maracha District, Uganda


Asia

* 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 The Barkly Region, formerly Barkly Shire, is a Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory, local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia, administered by the Barkly Regional Council. The region's main town is Tennant Creek ...
* 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 the civil parish of Witter, 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 Hills, California, a CDP * Tara Township, Minnesota (disambiguation), several places in the United States


Religion

*In Hinduism: ** Tara (Mahavidya), a Tantric goddess ** Tara (Ramayana), the wife of the monkey king Vali ** Tara (Hindu goddess), the wife of Brihaspati *
Tara (Buddhism) Tara (, ; , ), Ārya Tārā (Noble Tara), also known as Jetsün Dölma (Tibetan: ''rje btsun sgrol ma,'' meaning: "Venerable Mother of Liberation"), is an important female Buddha in Buddhism, especially revered in Vajrayana Buddhism and Mahayan ...
, a tantric meditation deity in Tibetan Buddhism *Tara, a sea goddess in Polynesian mythology * Tara (mythology), a name of one of the Hesperides attested on a vase


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


Transportation

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Tara Air Tara Air Pvt. Ltd. is an airline headquartered in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is a subsidiary of Yeti Airlines. Tara Air was formed in 2009 using aircraft from the Yeti Airlines fleet and is based at Tribhuvan International Airport, with a secondary hub ...
, a Nepalese airline *''Tara'', an oceanic research vessel used for the Tara expedition * 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 * IKCO Tara, a car


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 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 The New Zealand dollar (; currency sign, sign: $; ISO 4217, code: NZD) is the official currency and legal tender of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency, Tokelau, and a British territory, the Pitcairn Islands. Within New Zeal ...
* Yugoslav submarine ''Nebojša'', or ''Tara'', a submarine of the Yugoslav Navy


See also

* Battle of Tara (disambiguation), a number of battles * Golden Tara, a Majapahit period (Indonesia) gold image of a Hindu goddess * Hurricane Tara (disambiguation), three tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean * * Taras (disambiguation) *Taara or Tharapita, a god in Estonian mythology *
Terah Terah or Terach ( ''Teraḥ'') is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis. He is listed as the son of Nahor and father of the patriarch Abraham. As such, he is a descendant of Shem's son Arpachshad. Terah is mentioned in Genesis 11:26–27, ...
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