Tamar

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Tamar may refer to:

[edit] Personal name

  • Tamar (name), a female name of Hebrew origin, now popular among various peoples
    • Tamar (Bible) ("Date Palm"), married in turn to Er and then, when widowed, to his younger brother Onan; had children by their father Judah (eponymous ancestor of the Judeans and the Jews)
    • Tamar, daughter of Biblical King David, sister of Absalom who took revenge for her rape by their brother Amnon
    • 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 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

[edit] Geography

  • 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 base in Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
  • Tamar Regional Council, a local government in southern Israel
  • Ir Ovot, a site identified with biblical Tamar

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