Lara
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'''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]]
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