Tartar

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Tartar may refer to:

Ethnic appellation

• An alternative spelling of the name Tatars, an ethnic group in present-day Russia and Ukraine.
  • The Tatar language.
• A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.
• Tartars, a name applied to the enemy invaders in The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati

Geography

• Tartar Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
• Tartar, Switzerland, a village in the Grisons
• Tartar Rayon, a rayon in Azerbaijan
• Tartar (river), a river in Azerbaijan
• Tərtər, capital of Tartar Rayon, Azerbaijan

Food

• Tartar sauce
• Steak tartare, a meat dish made from ground raw beef

Chemicals

• Salts of tartaric acid
  • Cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate)
  • Tartar emetic (antimony potassium tartrate)

Vehicles and military hardware

• Tartar, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive
• Tartar was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915; renamed Walter Robinson in 1901.
• RIM-24 Tartar missile
• Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System
• HMS Tartar, the name of several Royal Navy Vessels

Other

• Tartars, the name of the athletic teams from 1927–1999 at Wayne State University in Detroit.
• Tartar on teeth, hardened dental plaque

See also

• Tatar (disambiguation)
• Tartary
• East Tartary
• Lake Tharthar