Taras may refer to:
Geography
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Taras (ancient city)
Taranto (; ; previously called Tarent in English) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Taranto, serving as an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base.
Founded by Spartans ...
of Magna Graecia, modern-day Taranto
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Taras, Iran
Tares (, also Romanized as Ţāres and Tāras) is a village in Shahrabad Rural District, in the Central District of Firuzkuh County, Tehran Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, i ...
, a village in Tehran province
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Taras, Łódź Voivodeship
Taras is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Przedbórz, within Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Przedbórz, east of Radomsko, and south-east of the regional capital Ł ...
, Poland
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Taraš
Taraš (; ) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (96.49%) and its population numbering 1,140 pe ...
, a village in Vojvodina, Serbia
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Taras, Kazakhstan, a village in Almaty Region
People
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Taras (name)
Taras () is a male Ukrainians, Ukrainian given name especially popular in Ukraine. In Greek mythology, Taras (Ancient Greek: Τάρας) was the eponymous founder of the ancient Greece, Greek colony of Taras (Tarentum, modern Taranto), in Magna ...
, a Ukrainian male given name
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Taras (surname) Taras is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Connor Taras (born 19??), Canadian kayaker
* Jamie Taras (born 1966), Canadian football player
* John Taras (1919–2004), American ballet master and choreographer
* Martin Taras (191 ...
Other uses
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Taras (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Taras () was the eponymous founder of the ancient Greece, Greek colony of Taras (Tarentum, modern Taranto), in Magna Graecia (today Southern Italy).
Family
Taras was the son of Poseidon and Satyrion, either a Taranto, Tarent ...
, in Greek mythology the son of Poseidon and the nymph Satyrion
See also
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Taraz
Taraz ( ; also historically known as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (river), Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. It had a populatio ...
, a city in Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan
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