Mara or MARA may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Mara (''Doctor Who''), an evil being in two ''Doctor Who'' serials * Mara (She-Ra), fictional characters from the ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'' and ''The New Adventures of He-Man'' animated series * Mara Davis/Mara David/Mara del Valle, a character from Philippine drama series '' Mara Clara (1992 TV series)'' and '' Mara Clara (2010 TV series)'' * Mara Jade, in the Star Wars Expanded Universe *Mara Sewell, a fictional character in ''The Shield'' *Mara Wade, title character of '' Mara of the Wilderness''

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* Mara the Lioness, an animal actor * ''Mara'' (album), a 1995 album by Scottish band Runrig *'' Mara (film)'', a 2018 American supernatural horror film starring Olga Kurylenko *'' Maara'', a 2021 Indian film by Dhilip Kumar *''Mara'', an 1894 novel by Ioan Slavici * Dance Club Mara, a formation dance team, Minsk, Belarus

Cultural and language groupings

* Mara (Tagin), a tribe in Arunachal Pradesh * Mara language, a language spoken by the Mara people of India and Burma ** Mara people *

Maric languages Maran or Maric is an extinct branch of the Pama–Nyungan languages, Pama–Nyungan family of Australian languages formerly spoken throughout much of Queensland by many of the Murri peoples. The well attested Maric languages are clearly related ...

, a group of Aboriginal Australian languages also known as Mara or Maran * Marra language, an Aboriginal Australian language (also known as Mara) ** Marra people, an Aboriginal Australian people

Folklore, mythology, and religion

Mara (demon) Mara,, '; ; or ; ; also マーラ, ''Māra'' or 天魔, ''Tenma''; ; ; Tibetan Wylie: ''bdud''; ; ; ; in Buddhism, is a malignant celestial Asura king who tried to stop The Buddha, Prince Siddhartha from Awakening by trying to seduce him w ...

, in Buddhism * Mara (folklore), a wraith-like creature in Germanic and Scandinavian folklore * Mara (Hindu goddess) of death *Mara, anagram of Rama, for

Valmiki Valmiki (; , ) was a legendary poet who is celebrated as the traditional author of the epic ''Ramayana'', based on the attribution in the text itself. He is revered as ''Ādi Kavi'', the first poet, author of ''Ramayana'', the first epic poe ...

to chant in Hindu mythology * Marzanna or Mara, Slavic goddess * Māra, Latvian goddess

Military and transport

* MARA (anti-tank weapon), Argentine antitank missile * Mirage 5P Mara, upgraded Dassault Mirage 5 aircraft for Argentine Air Force * Shell Mara, a Lake tanker operated in Lake Maracaibo by Shell Oil * SS ''Mara'', a Lake tanker operated in Lake Maracaibo by Lago Oil and Transport Company

Organisations

* Mara (gang), a form of gang in the United States, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala * Mara Group, a multinational and multisectoral corporation with roots in East Africa * Marathon Digital, an American digital asset technology firm which trades on the Nasdaq as MARA *

Majlis Amanah Rakyat Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA; ) is a Malaysian government agency. It was formed to aid, train, and guide Bumiputra (Malay people, Malays and other indigenous Malaysians) in the areas of business and industry. MARA was formed on 1 March 1966, un ...

(People's Trust Council), MARA, a Malaysian government agency *

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...

, a Chinese central government ministry *

Migration Agents Registration Authority The Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) is an Australian Government authority that registers migration agents and regulates the Migration Agents profession. Migration agents assist people to migrate to Australia by usin ...

, the Australian regulator of migration agents *

Universiti Teknologi MARA The MARA Technological University ( Malay: ''Universiti Teknologi MARA''; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي تيكنولوڬي مارا; abbr. UiTM) is a public university in Malaysia, based primarily in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was established to ...

, a public university in Malaysia

People with the name

* Mara (name), list of people with this name * Māra (given name), a Latvian given name *Mára, the stage name for American musician Faith Coloccia during solo performances * Mara (singer), Russian rock singer *Mara, ''nom de guerre'' of Estreya Haim Ovadya, Yugoslavian partisan

Places

:''Including geographical features'' * Mara (torrent), a stream of Switzerland and Italy * Mara, Aragon, a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain * Mara, Iran, a village in Tehran province * Mara, Isfahan, a village in Iran * Mara, Kerman, a village in Iran * Mara, Sardinia, a commune on the Italian island of Sardinia *Mara, a small town in the

Bushveld The Bushveld (from Afrikaans: ''bosveld'', Afrikaans: ''bos'' 'bush' and ) is a Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa. The ecoregion straddles the Tropic of Capricorn ...

of South Africa *Mara, a village in Desești Commune, Maramureș County, Romania *Mara, a village in

Tararua District The Tararua District is a Districts of New Zealand, district near the south-east corner of New Zealand's North Island that is administered by the Tararua District Council. It has a population of and an area of 4,364.62 km². The district' ...

, part of Wellington Region, New Zealand * Mara District, a district in the province of Cotabambas, Apurimac, Peru * Mara (Iza), a river in northern Romania * Mara Lake, a lake in British Columbia, Canada * Mara Mountain, a mountain in Greenland, and the closest mountain to the North Pole * Mara Provincial Park (Ontario), a provincial park located near Orillia, Ontario, Canada * Mara Provincial Park, a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada *

Mara Region Mara Region (''Mkoa wa Mara'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of El Salvador. for El Salvador at The nei ...

, an administrative division in Tanzania * Mara River (Nunavut), a river in Canada *

Mara River The Mara River is a river that begins in Narok County in Kenya and ends in Mara Region in Tanzania. It lies across the migration path of ungulates in the Maasai Mara/Serengeti National Park, Serengeti ecosystem. The River's flow The Mara Rive ...

, a river of Kenya and Tanzania * Măra River, a river in Romania *

Marado Marado () or Mara Island is an island in Jeju Province, South Korea. It is South Korea's southernmost island, and is off the south coast of Jeju Island. It has an area of and is home to about 90 people. It has long been reputed for having stron ...

or Mara Island, South Korea * Masai Mara, known locally as "The Mara", a reserve in Kenya near the Mara River

Other uses

* Mara (mammal), a subfamily of the cavy family * MaraDNS, DNS software * Mandibular Anterior Repositioning Appliance, an orthodontic functional appliance