Lotar may refer to: * A hand-to-hand combat system related to

Kapap Kapap (, ), often written KAPAP, a Hebrew acronym for ''Krav Panim el Panim'' (''lit.'' face-to-face combat), is a close-quarter battle system of defensive tactics, hand-to-hand combat and self-defense. History The Kapap system was developed i ...

* An alternative spelling for ''lutar'' (short for

lute guitar A lute guitar or German lute (, less commonly a ''lutar'' (modern Turkish language, Turkish), ''gui-lute'' or ''gittar'') is a stringed musical instrument, common in Germany from around 1850. The instrument has a regular six-stringed guitar setup ...

) * The

Gimbri The sintir (), also known as the guembri (), gimbri, hejhouj in Hausa language, is a three stringed skin-covered bass guitar, bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco. It is approximately the size of a guitar, with a body carved fro ...

of north Africa *

Lotar, Iran Lotar (, also Romanized as Loţar) is a village in Rudbar-e Mohammad-e Zamani Rural District, Alamut-e Gharbi District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, i ...

, a village *

Lotar (name) Lotar is German, Norwegian, Polish, Hungarian and Swedish masculine given name that is a modern form of the Germanic Chlothar (which is a blended form of Hlūdaz and Harjaz). People with this name include: Surname * Eli Lotar (1905 – 1969) ...

LOTAR Lotar may refer to: * A hand-to-hand combat system related to Kapap * An alternative spelling for ''lutar'' (short for lute guitar) * The Gimbri of north Africa * Lotar, Iran, a village * Lotar (name) * LOTAR, a special forces unit in the Israel ...

, a special forces unit in the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the Israeli Ground Forces, the Israeli Air Force, and ...

LOTAR Eilat LOTAR Eilat (in hebrew: לוט״ר אילת) is an IDF special force unit whose mission is to protect the safety of the residents and tourists of Eilat against terrorism and is also specialized in hostage rescue operations. Unlike the other uni ...

, an Israel Defense Forces special forces unit for the city of Eilat *

Lotar Olias Lotar Olias (23 December 1913 – 21 October 1990) was a German composer who worked on numerous film scores. He composed the tune of the 1953 song '' You, You, You''.Tyler p.452 Selected filmography * '' Artists' Blood'' (1949) * '' The Thief of ...

, a German film composer

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