Gandara may refer to:
People
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Raúl Gándara Cartagena
Raúl Gándara Cartagena (1910–1989) was fire chief in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and the first and longest-serving Commonwealth of Puerto Rico fire chief. He served from 1942 to 1972.
Public service
Gándara Cartagena was born in Ponce, Puerto Ri ...
, long-time Ponce, Puerto Rico fire chief
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José N. Gándara Cartagena
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ).
In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...
, the 19th-century physician from Ponce, Puerto Rico
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Antonio de la Gandara
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language–speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular m ...
, 19th century painter, pastellist and draughtsman
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Mago Orona Gándara (1929-2018), Mexican-American muralist
Places
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Gandara, Samar
Gandara, officially the Municipality of Gandara ''(Waray language, Waray: Bungto han Gandara)'', is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Samar (province), Samar, Philippines. According to the ...
, a Philippine municipality
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Gandara, Buenos Aires, a village in
Chascomús Partido
Chascomús is an east central '' partido'' (administrative district) of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Some south-southeast of the city of Buenos Aires, the district has a total population of around 37,000, some 35,000 of whom live in ...
, Argentina
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Gandara, Sri Lanka, a village in Matara, Sri Lanka
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Gándara, a river in Cantabria, Spain
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Gandhara
Gandhara () was an ancient Indo-Aryan people, Indo-Aryan civilization in present-day northwest Pakistan and northeast Afghanistan. The core of the region of Gandhara was the Peshawar valley, Peshawar (Pushkalawati) and Swat valleys extending ...
, an ancient kingdom located in what is now northern Pakistan
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Gándara, a public housing development in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Others uses
*Gammon, an adversary in the ''
Samurai Shodown
''Samurai Shodown'', known in Japan as is a fighting game series by SNK. The series began in 1993 and is known for being one of the earliest in the genre with a primary focus on weapon-based combat.
Plot
The stories in the series take place i ...
'' series of video games
See also
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Gandhara (disambiguation)
Gandhara was an ancient region in north-western South Asia, which existed until the 6th century CE.
Gandhara may also refer to:
* Gandhāra (kingdom), an Iron age kingdom in Gandhara
* Gandhara Kingdom, the kingdom as described in the Hindu epics ...
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Kandara
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Ganadhara
In Jainism, the term Ganadhara is used to refer the chief disciple of a ''Tirthankara''. In '' samavasarana'', the ''Tīrthankara'' sat on a throne without touching it (about two inches above it). Around, the ''Tīrthankara'' sits the ''Gana ...
, a concept in Jainism
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