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'''Tara''', '''tara''' or '''TARA''' may refer to
==People==
*[[Tara (name)]], a list of people with the name
*[[Tara (actress)]], from the Assamese film industry
===Titles===
*[[Baron Tara]], Irish title
*[[Viscount Tara]], Irish title
==Places==
===Natural features===
*[[Hill of Tara]], home of the ancient High Kings of Ireland
*[[Tara Hill, County Wexford]], Ireland
*[[Tara Mountain]] and Tara National Park in Serbia
*[[Tara, Saga]], town, mountain and mountain range in Saga Prefecture, Japan<!--deliberately listed twice -->
*[[Tara River]], name of several rivers
*[[Salar de Tara]], salt pan in Chile
===Towns===
*[[Tara, Afghanistan]]
*[[Tara, Queensland]], town in Australia
*[[Tara, Ontario]], village in Canada
*[[Tara, Ethiopia]], a village in the [[Oromia Region]] of Ethiopia
*[[Tara, Russia]], town in Omsk Oblast, Russia
*[[Tara, Saga]], town, mountain and mountain range in Saga Prefecture, Japan<!--deliberately listed twice -->
*[[Tara Township, Minnesota]], USA; several places
*[[Tara Hills, California]], USA
===Other===
*[[Shire of Tara]], Queensland, Australia
*[[Tara County, New South Wales]], Australia
*[[Tara Station]] in Saga Prefecture, Japan
*[[Tara Street railway station]] in Dublin, Ireland
*Tara Boulevard, modern name of [[U.S. Route 19]] and [[U.S. Route 41]] through Jonesboro, where the Tara Plantation was located
*Tara, home of [[Keith Moon]]
*[[Tara Anglican School for Girls]], North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
*[[Tara Field]], airport in Clayton County, Georgia, USA
==Companies and organizations==
*[[Tara Energy]], electricity company in Texas, USA
*[[Tara expedition]], Arctic voyage 2006-8
*[[Tara Foundation]], charity for transgendered people
*[[Tara Foundation (Ireland)]], an [[Ireland|Irish]] cultural heritage lobby group
*[[Tara (Israel)]], dairy co-operative
*[[Tara Labs]], manufacturer of high-end audio products
*[[Tara Newz]], Bengali news channel
*[[Tara (Northern Ireland)]], loyalist group
==Fiction==
===Comics===
*Tara, a sword and sorcery heroine appearing in DC Comics' [[Warlord (comics)|''Warlord'' (comics)]]
*[[Tara (comics)]], an android character in Marvel Comics' ''New Invaders''
*[[Tara Fremont]], also called "Tara, the Jungle Girl" and "Too Tall Tara", a superhero character appearing in AC Comics
*[[Tara Mehta]], an incarnate deity character in Virgin Comics' ''Devi'' comic book
===Novels===
*Tara of Helium, a princess character in the [[Barsoom]] novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs
*[[Tara (Artemis Fowl)]], a fictional location in the ''Artemis Fowl'' series
*''[[Tara Road]]'', novel by Irish writer Maeve Binchy
==Movies and television==
*[[Tara (1992 film)|''Tara'' (1992 film)]], an Indian film directed by Bijaya Jena
*[[Tara (2001 film)|''Tara'' (2001 film)]], an American film, also known as ''Hood Rat'', directed by Leslie Small, starring Isaiah Washington and Ice T
===Characters===
*[[Tara (Kim Possible)]], a cheerleader character in the ''Kim Possible''
*[[Tara King]], a leading character in ''The Avengers''
*[[Tara Maclay]], a character in the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''
===Settings===
*Tara, a planet setting of the ''Doctor Who'' serial "[[The Androids of Tara]]"
*[[Tara Plantation]], fictional home of Scarlett O'Hara in ''Gone with the Wind''
==Religion==
*[[Tara (Buddhism)]], a female deity representing enlightened activity and fearlessness
*[[Tara (Polynesian goddess)]], a sea goddess
*In Hinduism:
:*[[Tara (Devi)]], a Mahavidya of Mahadevi, Kali or Parvati.
:*Another name for [[Taraka]], the second wife of Brihaspati
:*[[Tara (Ramayana)]], the wife of the monkey king [[Vali (Ramayana)|Vali]], who married Vali's brother and successor, [[Sugriva]], after Vali's death.
==Science==
*[[Tara (genus)]], a genus of jumping spiders
*[[tara tree]] in Peru
*TARA, acronym for the [[Timed Antagonistic Response Alethiometer]], a type of lie detection technique.
*Tara, a theoretical founding ancestor of [[Haplogroup T (mtDNA)]]
==Other==
*[[Tara (album)|''Tara'' (album)]], fourth album by black metal band Absu.
*[[Tara Brooch]], an artifact from Ireland
*[[tārā]], Tahitian slang for 5 CFP francs
*[[Hurricane Tara]], name of three tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
*[[Battle of Tara]], in Ireland in 980
==See also==
*[[Taras]]
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