Iara or IARA may refer to:
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Iara (mythology)
Iara, also spelled Uiara, Yara or Hiara (, , ) or Mãe das Águas (, "mother of the waters"), is a figure from Brazilian mythology based on Tupi and Guaraní mythology.
The Iara may have developed from the lore of the carnivorous fish-man . Con ...
, a figure from Brazilian mythology
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Iara, Cluj
Iara (; ) is a commune in the southern part of Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of thirteen villages: Agriș (''Ruhaegres''), Borzești (''Berkes''), Buru (''Borrév''), Cacova Ierii (''Aranyosivánfalva''), Făgetu Ierii (''Bika ...
, a commune in Cluj County, Romania
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Iara (Arieș)
The Iara is a river in the Apuseni Mountains, Cluj County, western Romania. It is a left tributary of the river Arieș. It flows through the villages Valea Ierii, Băișoara and Iara, Cluj, Iara, and joins the Arieș in Iara, Cluj, Buru. , a tributary of the Arieș in Cluj County, Romania
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Petrilaca
The Petrilaca (, meaning "''Peter's Place Creek''") is a left tributary of the river Mureș in Transylvania, Romania. It discharges into the Mureș near Gornești
Gornești (formerly ''Ghernesig''; , Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in ...
in Mureș County, Romania
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Iara, Madagascar
Iara is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Vangaindrano, which is a part of Atsimo-Atsinanana Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 9,000 in 2001 commune census.
Only primary schoolin ...
, a town and commune
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Iara Oil Field
Iara oil field is a large ultra-deepwater pre-salt oil field located in the Santos Basin, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, north of Tupi oil field. It covers an area of nearly .
Etymology
The field was named in honor of the Iara figu ...
, off the coast of Brazil
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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. Founded in 1425, it is the oldest university in Belgium and the oldest university in the Low Countries.
In addition to its main camp ...
, Belgium
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Islamic American Relief Agency The Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA-USA) was an "American non-profit organization established in 1985 and dedicated to the empowerment of disadvantaged people everywhere through relief and participatory development programs emphasizing human di ...
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Increasing absolute risk aversion
In economics and finance, risk aversion is the tendency of people to prefer outcomes with low uncertainty to those outcomes with high uncertainty, even if the average outcome of the latter is equal to or higher in monetary value than the more c ...
, used in economics, finance, and decision theory
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Iara Dias dos Santos
Iara Dias dos Santos (born 11 September 1983) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. She moved to Finland in 2014 to start a professional career in the music industry. She was selected to take part on ''The Voice of Finland'' in 2017 (6th Season) ...
(born 1983), Brazilian singer and songwriter
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Iara Lee
Iara Lee (born 1966) is a Brazilian film producer, director and activist of Korean descent who works mainly in the Middle East and Africa. Her documentary films include ''Unite for Bissau (Nô Kumpu Guiné)'' (2023), ''From Trash to Treasure: Turn ...
(born 1966), Brazilian film producer, director and activist
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Iara Rennó
Iara Espíndola Rennó (born 4 March 1977) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and record producer.
Early life
Born in São Paulo, Rennó is the daughter of journalist and lyricist Carlos Rennó and singer-songwriter Alzira Espíndola. She studie ...
(born 1977), Brazilian singer-songwriter and record producer
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Iara Vargas (1921–2007), Brazilian philosopher and politician
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