Roar

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Roar may refer to:

• Roar (utterance), a sound produced by certain animals
• Roar! (newspaper), the King's College London student newspaper
• The Roar, a 2008 novel by Emma Clayton
• Brisbane Roar FC, an Australian football club (formerly Queensland Roar FC)
• Roar (roller coaster), two roller coasters at Six Flags America and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

ROAR may refer to:

• Radio Operated Auto Racing, the sanctioning body of competitive radio controlled car racing in the United States and Canada
  • ROAR National Championships, the eponymous national champship
• ROAR Registry of Open Access Repositories, an index and search engine for open-access institutional repositories
• Restore Our Alienated Rights, a Boston organization formed to oppose desegregation busing
• Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana Movement, a political party in Guyana, allied with the Guyana Action Party
• Reach Out and Read, an American organization that advocates for childhood literacy

Television and film

• Roar (1981 film), a film set in Africa and produced by Tippi Hedren
• Roar (2014 film), a Bollywood film directed by Kamal Sadanah.
• Roar (TV series), a television drama set in 4th century Ireland
• Roar (UK TV series), a CBBC television series about the animals in a zoo

Music

• "Roar" (song), a song by Katy Perry
• Rrröööaaarrr, an album by Canadian progressive metal band Voivod
• "Roar", a song by Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso from the soundtrack of Monsters University
• "Roar", a song by Treat from the album Coup De Grace (2010)
• "Roar!", an instrumental by Michael Giacchino from the film Cloverfield

Given name

Roar is a Norwegian masculine given name, a cognate of the name Roger and may refer to:

• Roar (dubious Danish king), see Hrothgar, a dubious legendary king of Denmark
• Roar Adler (1915–2007), a Norwegian newspaper manager
• Roar Berthelsen (1934–1990), a Norwegian long jumper
• Roar Christensen (born 1971), a Norwegian football midfielder
• Roar Flåthen (born 1950), a Norwegian trade unionist and politician
• Roar Grønvold (born 1946), a Norwegian speed skater and Olympic medalist
• Roar Hagen (born 1954), a Norwegian illustrator
• Roar Hagen (born 1971), Norwegian football goalkeeper
• Roar Hauglid (1910-2001), a Norwegian art historian and publicist
• Roar Hoff (born 1965), a Norwegian shot putter
• Roar Johansen (born 1935), a Norwegian footballer
• Roar Johansen (born 1968), Norwegian football coach
• Roar Kjernstad (born 1975), a Norwegian figurative painter
• Roar Ljøkelsøy (born 1976), a Norwegian ski jumper
• Roar Øfstedal (????), a Norwegian ice hockey player
• Roar Pedersen (1927–1989), a Norwegian ice hockey player
• Roar Stokke (born 1959), a Norwegian football player, coach and sports commentator
• Roar Strand (born 1970), a Norwegian retired football player
• Roar Uthaug (born 1973), a Norwegian film director

See also

• Curling, also known as "the roaring game"