Kara or KARA may refer to:

Geography

Localities

Kara, Chad Kara is a Sub-prefectures of Chad, sub-prefecture of Logone Occidental Region in Chad. References

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, a sub-prefecture *

Kára, Hungary Kára is a village in Somogy County, Somogy county, Hungary. Etymology Its name derives from the Turkish language, Turkish person name, ''Kara'' (, ). He could be the first owner of the settlement. The same applies to Karád. Geography It lies s ...

, a village * Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township * Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province * Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Dagestan, Russia * Kara, Sardauna, a village in

Sardauna, Nigeria Sardauna (formerly Mambilla) Local Government Area is located in the extreme southeast of Taraba State in Nigeria. It is synonymous with the Mambilla Plateau, which is dotted by many towns and villages. The capital of the local government ...

* Kara, Bougainville, a town on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea *

Kara, Togo Kara is a city in northern Togo, situated in Kara Region, 413 km north of the capital Lomé. Kara is the capital of the Kara Region and, according to the 2010 census, had a population of 94,878. The Kara River flows through the city and is ...

, a city in northern Togo ** Kara Region ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kara, Togo *

Gaya confederacy Gaya (; ) was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period. The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is AD 42– ...

or Kara, a former confederation in the southern Korean peninsula *

Kara crater Kara is a meteorite crater in the Yugorsky Peninsula, Nenetsia, Russia. Heavily eroded, it is presently in diameter, though it is thought to be originally before erosion. Its age is estimated to be 70.3 ± 2.2 million years old (Late Cretace ...

, a meteorite crater in northern Russia

Rivers, Seas

* Kara (river), a river in northern Russia, flowing into the Kara Sea * Kara River (disambiguation), other rivers named Kara * Kara Lake, Bolivia *

Kara Sea The Kara Sea is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. Ultimately the Kara, Barents and Laptev Seas are all ...

, a sea in the Arctic Ocean *

Kara Strait The Kara Strait or Kara Gates () is a wide channel of water between the southern end of Novaya Zemlya and the northern tip of Vaygach Island. This strait connects the Kara Sea and the Barents Sea in northern Russia. Hydrography and climate T ...

, a strait in Russia

People

* Kara (name), a surname and given name, and a list of people with the name * Kara people, an ethnic group in South Sudan, exceeding 100,000 members * Kara people (Tanzania), an ethnic group, estimated 86,000 members *

Kara language (disambiguation) Kara language may refer to: * Kara language (Korea), a language of the Gaya confederacy in southern Korea * Kara language (Papua New Guinea), an Austronesian language spoken in the Kavieng District, Papua New Guinea * Kara language (Tanzania), a ...

Film and television

Kara Film Festival The Karachi International Film Festival, simply known as the Kara Film Festival (Urdu: ''کارا فلم فیسٹیول'' or ''کارا فلم'') was an annual film festival held in Karachi, Pakistan from 2001 until 2009. The festival reported ...

, a film festival held at Karachi, Pakistan * "Kara" (''Smallville'' episode) * "Kara" (''Supergirl'' episode) * ''Kara'', a 2012 short CGI film, which anticipates '' Detroit: Become Human''

Music

Kara (South Korean group) Kara (; ; often stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group formed by DSP Media in 2007. The group's current lineup is Park Gyu-ri, Gyuri, Han Seung-yeon, Seungyeon, Nicole Jung, Nicole, Kang Ji-young, Jiyoung, and Heo Young-ji, Youngji. ...

, a girl group *

Kara (British band) Kara was a folk music group from Hertfordshire, England, whose music has been called "spirited acoustic folk with a Russian twist". Their debut album, ''Waters So Deep'', was acclaimed by ''The Daily Telegraph''. Personnel The latest line-up m ...

, a folk music group

Other uses

* ''Kara'' (gastropod), a genus of land snails *

Kara (Sikhism) A kara, or kada (), is a steel or cast iron bangle worn by Sikhs and sometimes Indian people of other religions. Sikhism preaches the importance of equality and having reverence for God at all times, which is represented through the five Ks— ...

, a type of a steel bracelet *

KARA (FM) Kara or KARA may refer to: Geography Localities * Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture * Kára, Hungary, a village * Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township * Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province * Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in ...

, a radio station licensed to Williams, California, United States * KARA (New Mexico), a defunct radio station formerly licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States * ''Kara'' class cruiser, a Soviet warship class * Acadiana Regional Airport's ICAO code * Korea Automobile Racing Association