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'''Mara''' may mean:
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==Social groups==
*[[Mara people]], in northeastern India and western Myanmar
*[[Mara people (Australia)]], a tribe of [[indigenous Australians]] or Aborigines
*[[Mara Salvatrucha]], a violent street gang in Mexico, Central America, and the United States
*[[Maravar]] a dominant caste in Tamil Nadu state in India
*MARA Mature Age Recruitment Alliance. An alliance of guilds for the over 30's playing the free online game [[Guild Wars]]
==People==
* [[John Andrew Mara]], a 19th century Canadian politician, rancher and merchant
* [[Mara Wilson]], child actress
* [[Tim Mara]], former owner of the New York Giants football team
* [[Wellington Mara]], former owner of the New York Giants, son of Tim
* [[John Mara]], current co-owner of the New York Giants, son of Wellington
* [[Kate Mara]], American actress
* [[Tricia Mara]], actress
* nickname of [[Martti Ahtisaari]], a career diplomat and former President of Finland
* nickname for [[Maria (given name)]] in the [[Croatian language]] and [[Bulgarian language]]
* nickname for [[Tamara]]
==Geography==
* [[Mara, Tanzania]], an administrative region of Tanzania
* [[Mara (SS)]], a commune on the Italian island of Sardinia
* [[Mara, South Africa]], a small town in South Africa
* [[Mara River (Iza)]], a river in Romania
* [[Mara (torrent)]], a stream of Italy and Switzerland
* [[Mara River]], a river of Kenya and Tanzania
* [[Masai Mara]], a reserve near the Mara River
* [[Mara, Spain]], a municipality
==Culture==
* [[Mara (goddess)]], from Latvian mythology
* [[Mara (folklore)]], a wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore, thought to cause nightmares.
* Mara, also Marena and Morana, in [[Slavic peoples]] mythology, the goddess of darkness, death, winter, the Moon and horror
* [[Naomi (Bible)]], self-named Mara, meaning "bitterness", after she suffered the deaths of her husband and her two sons
* Mara, a [[Sanskrit]] and [[Pali]] word meaning death-bringing or the destroying
** [[Mara (Hindu goddess)]], the goddess of death according to Hindu mythology
** [[Mara (demon)]], a "demon" of the Buddhist cosmology, the personification of Temptation
** Sri Mara or Mara [[Varma]], an honorific title of the Pandya kings of south India
** In Hindu mythology, a mantra told to [[Valmiki]] to chant
* Mara, an abbreviation of [[Mayura]]
==Fiction==
* the [[Mara (Doctor Who)]], an evil being in two ''Doctor Who'' serials
* a Celtic [[shaman]]ess known for walking [[barefoot]] on any surface in novels by Dennis Cramer
* [[Marller]] ("Mara"), a demon in the manga and anime series ''Oh My Goddess!''
* [[Mara Jade]], a character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe
* lead character in the [[Raymond E. Feist]] / [[Janny Wurts]] "Empire" Trilogy
* in the [[Childe Cycle]] of Gordon R. Dickson, one of the two homeworlds of the Exotics
* a goddess in the video game series [[The Elder Scrolls]]
* Mara, Lord of Illusion, a powerful character in Roger Zelazny's novel ''[[Lord of Light]]''
* in the animated series ''[[BlackStar]]'', a sorceress from the planet Sagar
* one of the [[Deities in The Belgariad]], by David Eddings
* [[Mara (comics)]], a character in the ''[[Micronauts]]'' comic book series
* Mara, the main character in the [[Eloise Jarvis McGraw]] book ''[[Mara, Daughter of the Nile]]''
* the SF Mara, a fast and agile Shivan fighter in the game ''[[FreeSpace 2]]''
* Mara, a character in Austrian writer [[Ingeborg Bachmann]]'s "A Step Towards Gomorrah"
* Mara is the antagonist of Disneyland's [[Indiana Jones Adventure]] attraction
* Mara, a magic seller in the game [[Diablo II Lord of Destruction]]
* [[Badger Mother#Mara|Mara]], a character inn the Redwall series by Brian Jacques
* Mara, a character in the animated series ''[[The New Adventures of He-Man]]''
* [[Mara Aramov]], the antagonist of the Syphon Filter series
* Mara, in the game ''[[The Matrix Online]]'', the main location for commerce and combat on non-hostile servers
*Mara, a character in Alejandro Jodorowsky's [[El Topo]]
==Organisations==
* [[Majlis Amanah Rakyat]], literally People's Trust Council, a government-linked company in Malaysia
* [[Migration Agents Registration Authority]] an Australian organisation that registers and monitors Migration Agents
==Other==
*[[Mara (mammal)]], a species of the cavy family
*[[Mara the Lioness]], animal actor in the movie ''Born Free''
* [[Mara (album)|''Mara'' (album)]], a 1995 album by Scottish band Runrig
*[[MARA]], a dental appliance used to correct an over or underbite
* [[MARA (Law)]], the Michigan Antitrust Reform Act, passed in 1984
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