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'''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]]
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