Vara or VARA may refer to:
Geography
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Vara (river)
The Vara is a river of the Province of La Spezia in Liguria, north-west Italy.
Geography
The river runs through Varese Ligure, Brugnato, Borghetto di Vara and Castiglione di Vara. At it is the longest river in Liguria. The main source of the ...
, in Liguria, Italy
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Vara Parish, former municipality in Tartu County, Estonia
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Vara, Estonia, village in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County, Estonia
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Vara Municipality, municipality in western Sweden
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Vara, Sweden, town in Sweden
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Batterie Vara, former German coastal fortress near Kristiansand, Norway, now Kristiansand Cannon Museum
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Las Varas (disambiguation), several places
People with the surname
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Armando Vara (born 1954), Portuguese politician
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Julián Vara (born 1983), Spanish footballer
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Kathy Vara
Kathy Vara is an American television news anchor in Los Angeles.
Early life
Vara is a native of San Antonio, Texas She began her broadcasting career at University of North Texas, where she was a producer and host of "North Texas Scene".
Caree ...
, American television anchor
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Shailesh Vara
Shailesh Lakhman Vara (born 4 September 1960) is a Ugandan-British politician, who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from July to September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) ...
, British Conservative Party politician
Films
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''Vara'' (film), a 2013 Kannada film starring
Nidhi Subbaiah
Nidhi Subbaiah (born 16 February 1987) is an Indian actress and model, who has appeared in various television advertisements and films, she is known for her performance in successful Kannada movies such as ''Pancharangi'' (2010) and ''Krishnan ...
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Vara: A Blessing'', a 2013 Bhutanese film by Khyentse Norbu
Other uses
*Vara, a seldom used Spanish and Portuguese unit of length
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Portuguese customary units
Portuguese customary units were used in Portugal, Brazil and other parts of the Portuguese Empire until the adoption of the metric system in the 19th century.
The various systems of weights and measures used in Portugal until the 19th century com ...
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Spanish customary units
*Vara, a variety of the
Central Banda language of the Central African Republic
* Vara, a variety of the
Upper Morehead language
Upper Morehead, also known as Wára, is a Papuan language
The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring ...
of Papua New Guinea
*Vara,
list of Greyhawk deities
This is a list of deities from the Greyhawk campaign setting (Dungeons & Dragons), campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game.
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Al'Akbar
Al'Akbar is the Baklunish demigod of dignity, duty, faithfulness, and gua ...
, a fictional deity in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game
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A.S.D. Fo.Ce. Vara, former football club in Italy
*VARA HF, a proprietary
WinLink
Winlink, or formally, Winlink Global Radio Email (registered US Service Mark), also known as the Winlink 2000 Network, is a worldwide radio messaging system that uses amateur-band radio frequencies and government frequencies to provide radio int ...
protocol for e-mail communications over amateur radio
Acronyms
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Omroepvereniging VARA
The Omroepvereniging VARA (), the VARA Broadcasting Association, was a Dutch public broadcasting association primarily operating in the fields of television, radio, publishing and interactive media. It was a member of Netherlands Public Broadcas ...
, a public broadcasting organization in the Netherlands
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Visual Artists Rights Act
The Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA), ( title VI, ), is a United States law granting certain rights to artists.
VARA was the first federal copyright legislation to grant protection to ''moral rights''. Under VARA, works of art that meet ce ...
, a law in the United States that protects artists' moral rights to attribution and the integrity of their work
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Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines is an Australian regional airline based in Perth, servicing key towns in the state of Western Australia. The airline also flies interstate to destinations such as Adelaide, Darwin, Melbourne and Alice Spring ...
, is an Australian regional airline based in Perth Australia
See also
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Varus deformity Varus may refer to:
* Var River or Varus, a river in France
* Stura di Lanzo or Varus, a river in Italy
* Varus deformity, a medical term for the inward angulation of the distal segment of a bone or joint
** Coxa vara, affecting the hip
** Genu va ...
, as in "tibia vara"
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Vada (food)
Vada is a category of savoury fried snacks native to South India. Vadas can be described variously as fritters, cutlets, or dumplings. Alternative names for this food include vadai, vade, and bada. Vadas are sometimes stuffed with vegetables and ...
, an Indian fried snack
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