Lara 85396 226061836 2008-07-16T17:35:03Z 90.149.128.140 '''Lara''' may refer to: '''Places''': *[[Lara State]], a [[Venezuelan]] state.'' *[[Lara, Victoria]], a township near [[Geelong, Victoria]], [[Australia]]. *[[Lara, Antalya]], a district in the city of [[Antalya]], [[Turkey]]. '''People''': *Lara is a common [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] name. *Lara is a common [[Spanish language|Spanish]] surname. *Lara is a common given female name of [[Russian language|Russian]] origin, a diminutive of the name [[Larissa (disambiguation)|Larisa]] (also spelt [[Larissa (disambiguation)|Larissa]]). *Lara in Greek means Cheerful. Notable people with the surname Lara: *[[Agustín Lara]], Mexican composer *[[Brian Lara]], West Indian cricketer *[[Martha Lara]], Mexican diplomat and politician *[[Osvaldo Lara]], Cuban track and field sprinter *[[Juan Núñez de Lara]], Lord of Biscay (1334-1349) Notable people with the given name Lara: *[[Lara Logan]], a television [[journalist]] for [[CBS News]] in the [[United States]]. *[[Lara Flynn Boyle]], the actress. *[[Lara Fabian]], the [[French language|French]] and [[English language|English]]-language singer whose works include Final Fantasy soundtrack theme ''The Dream Within''. *[[Lara Bingle]], Australian model. *[[Lara Sacher]], [[Australia]]n actress. *[[Lara Veronin]], lead female vocalist of the Taiwanese band [[Nan Quan Ma Ma]]. *Lara, a Turkish Arabesque-pop music singer<!-- Is there a last name? --> *[[Lara Dutta]], [[India]]n actress, [[UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador]] and former [[Miss Universe]] ([[Miss Universe 2000|2000]]) *[[Lara Lor-Van]], a fictional character in [[Superman]] comics, who is the biological mother of Superman. *[[Lara Croft]], the fictional heroine of the [[Tomb Raider]] lineage. *[[Lara (mythology)|Lara]], daughter of the river Almon ([[Roman mythology]]). *Lara Antipova, a character in ''[[Doctor Zhivago (1965 film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' played by the actress [[Julie Christie]]. [[Lara's Theme]] is the name given to an internationally known tune written for this film. '''Other''' *''[[Lara (poem)|Lara]]'' is a poem by [[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Lord Byron]] *The [[Lara language]] is spoken by about 12,000 people in [[Indonesia]] [http://globalrecordings.net/language?langno=744 (Global recordings)] *Lara, a brand of products of [[Grupo Bimbo]] [[Category:Given names]] {{disambig}} [[de:Lara]] [[es:Lara]] [[fr:Lara]] [[it:Lara]] [[nl:Lara]] [[pl:Lara]] [[pt:Lara]] [[sv:Lara]]