Taran may refer to:
Places
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Tarane
Tarane () is a village located in the Miniyeh-Danniyeh District, in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It had 1,593 eligible voters in the 2009 elections.
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village as ''Taran'', located in the Ed-Dunniyeh area. ...
, village in northern Lebanon
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Taran, Bulgaria, a village in
Smolyan
Smolyan () is a List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, town and ski resort in the south of Bulgaria near the border with Greece. It is the administrative and industrial centre of the Smolyan Province. The town is built along the narrow valley of t ...
municipality
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Taran, Iran (disambiguation), several places in Iran
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Taran District, the name of a district of Kazakhstan; also, the capital of Taran District
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Taran Plateau, Antarctica
People
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Taran (name), includes people with the given name and surname
Other uses
* ''Taran'', Russian term for
aerial ramming in wartime
* A
Welsh god, associated with the Gaulish
Taranis
Taranis (sometimes Taranus or Tanarus) is a Celtic thunder god attested in literary and epigraphic sources.
The Roman poet Lucan's epic ''Pharsalia'' mentions Taranis, Esus, and Teutates as gods to whom the Gauls sacrificed humans. This rare ...
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Rutilus heckelii'' or ''taran'', a species of fish commonly known as roaches
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Taran (character)
Taran is a fictional character from Lloyd Alexander's ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' series of novels. Serving as the series's central protagonist, he is first introduced as the assistant pig-keeper at Caer Dallben charged with the care of Hen We ...
, the main character in ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' books
** The character appears in Disney's adaptation, ''
The Black Cauldron''
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SU-152 "Taran", a 1965 experimental Russian tank destroyer
See also
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Taran Taran (disambiguation)
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Tarn Taran (disambiguation)
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Tarana (disambiguation)
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Taranis (disambiguation)
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