Tamar 437215 223351317 2008-07-03T18:23:44Z Summer Song 93710 __NOTOC__ '''Tamar''' may refer to: ==Personal name== * [[Tamar (name)]], a female name of Hebrew origin, now popular among various peoples ** [[Tamar (Bible)]] ("Date Palm"), married in turn to [[Er (Biblical name)|Er]] and then, when widowed, to his younger brother [[Onan]]; had children by their father [[Judah (Bible)|Judah]] (eponymous ancestor of the [[Judean]]s and the [[Jew]]s) ** Tamar, daughter of Biblical King [[David]] (2 Sam. 13:1-32; 1 Chr. 3:9), and thus a descendant of the one mentioned above; was full sister of [[Absalom]] who took revenge for her rape by their brother [[Amnon]] **A daughter of Absalom (2 Sam. 14:27), niece of David's daughter Tamar and a descendant of the first mentioned; was mother of [[Maachah]], who became [[Rehoboam]]'s wife ** Queen [[Tamar of Georgia]], ruled 1184-1213 ** Tamar, also known as [[Gürcü Hatun]], daughter of Queen Rusudan of Georgia and wife of Kaykhusraw of the Seljuq dynasty ** The original form of [[Tamara]] and [[Tammy]] ** [[Támar]] is the name of a female singer who came to fame through Prince. ** [[Tamar Braxton]], youngest sister of Toni Braxton and R&B coloratura soprano ***Her [[Tamar (album)|debut album]] ** [[Hilary Tamar]], an androgynous legal scholar in the novels of [[Sarah Caudwell]] ** [[Tamar Gozansky]], Israeli parliamentarian and left-wing political leader * [[Tamar (goddess)]], a Goddess in Georgian Mythology ==Geography== * [[Tamar]], A district of Leigh,Lancashire, around the Bowling Green public house at the junction of Wigan Road and Nel Pan Lane. * [[River Tamar]], a river in south western England, that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west) * [[Tamar River (Tasmania)]], Australia * [[Tamar, Slovenia]], the end of the [[Planica]] valley *[[Tamar Site]], former location of the British naval headquarters of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong, is currently paved as a parking lot at the harbourfront of Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong *[[Tamar Street]] near the [[HMS Tamar (shore station)|HMS ''Tamar'']] base in [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]], [[Hong Kong Island]], Hong Kong *[[Tamar Regional Council]], a local government in southern Israel *[[Ir Ovot]], a site identified with biblical Tamar ==Popular culture or Brands== * [[Tamar (novel)]], a [[Children's literature|children's]] [[war novel]] written by [[Mal Peet]], winner of the [[Carnegie Medal]] award in 2005. * [[Projeto TAMAR]], Brazilian environmentalist non-profit organization. ==Science and technology== * [[Tamar class lifeboat]] - the latest type of [[UK]] slipway-launched [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] *[[HMS Tamar|HMS ''Tamar'']], several ships and a single naval station, named after the River Tamar in South West England * ''Tamar'' and ''Tamar II'', former and current [[Torpoint Ferry|Torpoint Ferries]] * ''Tamar'', a [[GWR Caliph Class]] locomotive * Tamar, [[palm tree]], [[Arecaceae]] {{disambig}} [[ca:Tamar]] [[de:Tamar]] [[es:Tamar]] [[fr:Tamar]] [[he:תמר]] [[nl:Tamar]] [[ru:Фамарь (имя)]] [[fi:Tamar]] [[sk:Tamar]]