Kara 1452736 225925522 2008-07-16T01:22:05Z 65.190.81.217 un-objectivity {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Kara | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = [[Female]] | meaning = '''Joy''', (root word "Charis" (Gk.). Joy out of the gift received) also means '''love/ dear one''' in celtic and latin culture | region = | origin = | related names = | footnotes = }} '''Kara''' is a female [[given name]]. It may refer to ;Real people: * [[Kara Lynn Joyce]], US Olympic Swimmer * [[Kara Crane]] * [[Kara Dennison]] * [[Kara Edwards]] * [[Kara Lawson]] * [[Kara Dornbusch]] * [[Kara Tointon]], British actress * [[Kara Bill Glockenspiel the III]] ;Fictional characters: * [[Kara Milovy]], a Bond girl in ''The Living Daylights'' * [[Kara Thrace]], a female lieutenant by the callsign "[[Starbuck]]" in the [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|''Battlestar Galactica'' series]] * [[Kara Zor-El]], the [[Kryptonian]] name of the [[DC Comics]] character [[Supergirl]] * [[Kara Ben Nemsi]], a fictional character in the works of [[Karl May]] ;Other uses: *A [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] word meaning "black", "blank", or "empty" ([[Karakum]], [[Qaraqalpakstan]] *[[Kara Mustafa Paşa]], a Turkish grand vezir in the Ottoman era *[[Kara crater]], a meteorite crater in northern Russia *[[Kara language]] *[[Kara (Kaushambi)]], a town in Kaushambi near Allahabad *[[Kara (Togo)]], a city in northern Togo *[[Kara class cruiser]], a Soviet Cold War warship design *[[Kara (Sikhism)]], a type of bracelet worn by followers of the Sikh faith *[[Kara Sea]], a sea in the Arctic Ocean *[[Kara (ethnic group)]], a group living on Ukerewe island in Tanzania *[[Maroon 5|Kara's Flowers]]- the original name for the group Maroon 5. *[[Kara (band)]], a Korean girl group. {{disambig}} [[Category:Given names]] [[de:Kara]] [[es:Kara]] [[fr:Kara]] [[id:Kara]] [[it:Kara]] [[nl:Kara]] [[no:Kara]] [[pt:Kara]]