Dara (disambiguation)

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Here are things that have the name Dara or Daras:

[edit] Geography

• Dar'a is a region in northern Ethiopia
• Daraa Governorate, a province of Syria
• Dara, capital city of the above, with an ancient Byzantine fortress
• Dara, Greece (anc/kath.: Daras), a community in the prefecture of Arcadia
• Dara (Messenia), Greece, a village in the southern part of the prefecture of Messenia
• Dara, Guinea-Bissau (Long: 15.4922 W, Lat. 12.14556 N, altitude: 52 m, a place in the Oio Region.
• Dara Labe (Long: 13.66667/13°39 W, Lat: 12.45/12°27, altitude: 67 m) in the Oio Region, Guinea Bissau
• Dara ruins in Mardin province, Turkey, the remnants of ancient Dara, once a major city in Mesopotamia, named after Darius I
• Dara, a village in Pietroasele Commune, Buzău County, Romania
• Dara, a village in Dorolţ Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania

[edit] People

• Dara O'Briain, Irish comedian and television presenter
• Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who was defeated and beheaded by his younger brother Aurangzeb in a struggle for the throne
• Dara Singh, Indian actor and wrestler most famous for portraying Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar's TV series Ramayan

[edit] Other uses

• Dara, a clan of Jats in India.
• Dara is also a personal name for males and females. The masculine form Dara means "oak tree" in the Irish language while the feminine form Dáiríne means fruitful, or fertile. Common spelling variations include Daire and Darragh.
• Dara is also a surname.
• Dara is also a girl's name in Hebrew.
• Daras is also a surname.
• DARA is the shortened name of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency, an executive agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, responsible for the maintenance and repair of Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy's aircraft.
• Dara is the nickname for Daramalan College, a school in Canberra, Australia.
• Dara is also the name for stars, as in movie, tv, or other form of media stars, in Thai
• Dara Academy, a school in Thailand