Tara

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• Tara (name) the girls' name

Contents 1 Places 2 Deities 3 Schools 4 Films 5 Companies 6 People 7 Fictional characters 8 Other

[edit] Places

• Tara, Queensland, a place in Queensland
  • Tara Shire Council, the Local Government Area based around Tara
• Tara, Canada, a village in Ontario
• Tara, Ethiopia, a village in the Oromia Region
• The Hill of Tara, home of the ancient High Kings of Ireland
• Tara, Australia, a large gully in the Blue Mountains
• Tara River (Italy) in Italy, a river near Taranto
• Tara, Saga, a town in Saga Prefecture, Japan
• Tara River (Montenegro) in Montenegro, the largest tributary of the Drina River
• Tara, Russia, a town in Omsk Oblast, Russia
• Tara River (Russia) in Russia, a tributary of Irtysh
• Tara Mountain and Tara National Park in Serbia
• Tara Mountains, Saga, Japan
• Tara, Africa, Psychiatric Hospital in Johannesburg

[edit] Deities

• Tara (Devi), a Hindu Mahavidya, the saving aspect of the Goddess
• Tara (Buddhist), a female deity representing enlightened activity and fearlessness
• Tara (Polynesian), a beautiful sea goddess in Polynesian mythology

[edit] Schools

• Tara Anglican School for Girls, a K-12 independent school for girls in North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

[edit] Films

• Tara (1992 film), an Indian film directed by Bijaya 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

[edit] Companies

• Tara Energy, an energy company serving electricity to the residential, commercial, and industrial segments throughout Texas.

[edit] People

• Tara Conner, Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002, Miss Kentucky USA 2006, Miss USA 2006.
• Tara Lipinski, Olympic Gold Metalist Figure Skater
• Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, an English actress and television personality
• Tara Reid, an actress
• Tara Strong, an Canadian-born voice actress

[edit] Fictional characters

• Tara King, one of The Avengers (TV series)
• Tara of Helium, a fictional character appearing in the Barsoom|Martian novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Tara Fremont, or called "Tara, the Jungle Girl" and "Too Tall Tara", a fictional character appearing in AC Comics
• Tara Maclay, a character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Tara (Xena), a character in Xena: Warrior Princess
• Tara, a character in Spyro The Year of The Dragon game
• Tara (comics) is a Marvel Comics character from New Invaders

[edit] Other

• Tara (spider), a genus of jumping spiders
• Tara, a theoretical founding ancestor of Haplogroup T (mtDNA)
• Tara, in Hindi (Aryan) language means star
• Tara Brooch, an artifact from Ireland
• Tara Plantation, home of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
• The Androids of Tara, a Doctor Who serial (in which Tara is the name of a planet)
• Tara (more properly tārā), an unofficial money unit in Tahiti, see CFP franc
• Tara (Northern Ireland), a loyalist group in Northern Ireland
• Tara (Israel), a co-operative specializing in milk and dairy products.
• The Tara tree in Peru