Tara
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Place names
- Tara, Ireland was the home of the High Kings of Ireland.
- Tara, Russia is a town in Omsk Oblast, Russia.
- Tara, Saga is a town in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
- Tara Mountain and Tara National Park in Serbia.
- Tara River in Montenegro, the largest tributary of the Drina River.
- Tara River in Russia, a tributary of Irtysh.
- Tara River in Italy, river near Taranto.
- Tara, Australia is a place in Queensland.
- Tara, Canada is a village in Ontario.
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Deity names
- Tara (Devi) is a Hindu Mahavidya, the saving aspect of the Goddess..
- Tara (Buddhist) is a female deity representing enlightened activity and fearlessness.
- Tara (Polynesian) is a beautiful sea goddess in Polynesian mythology.
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Schools
- Tara Anglican School for Girls, an K-12 independent school for girls in North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.
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Films
- Tara (1970 film), an Indian film directed by M. Krishnan Nair.
- Tara (1978 film), a Mauritius film directed by Brijmohun.
- Tara (1992 film), an Indian film directed by Bijoya Jena.
- Tara (2001 film), an American film known in the USA as Hood Rat, directed by Leslie Small and starring Isaiah Washington and Ice T.
- Tara (2002 film), a Dutch film directed by Jet Homoet and Metje Postma.
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Companies
- Tara Energy, an energy company serving electricity to the residential, commercial, and industrial segments in Houston, Texas.
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Other
- Tara in Hindi (Aryan) language means star.
- Tara Brooch, an artifact from Ireland.
- Tara Reid, an actress.
- Tara Fremont, also called "Tara, the Jungle Girl" and "Too Tall Tara" is a fictional character appearing in AC Comics.
- Tara Maclay is the name of a character played by Amber Benson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Tara, a character in Xena: Warrior Princess.
- Tara, plantation home of Scarlett O'Hara, in the film Gone with the Wind.
- The Androids of Tara, a Doctor Who serial (in which Tara is the name of a planet).
- Tara is also a name of a realm in the online game BattleMaster.
- Tara (more properly tārā) is an unofficial money unit in Tahiti, see CFP franc.
- Tara (Northern Ireland) was a loyalist group in Northern Ireland.
- "Tara for now" seems to be a colloquial saying meaning goodbye in the UK, possibly derived from a typo on the regular "Tata for now"
- Tara, a remixer in the Gescom music collective on their 1998 EP That