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| gender = [[Female]]
| meaning = '''Joy''', (root word "Charis" (Gk.). Joy out of the gift received) also means '''love/ dear one''' in celtic and latin culture
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'''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.
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