# Mara

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'''Mara''' or '''MARA''' may refer to:
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==Arts and entertainment==
===Fictional characters===
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*[Mara (''Doctor Who'')](/source/Mara_(Doctor_Who)), an evil being in two ''Doctor Who'' serials
*[Mara (She-Ra)](/source/Mara_(She-Ra)), fictional characters from the ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'' and ''The New Adventures of He-Man'' animated series
* Mara Davis/Mara David/Mara del Valle, a character from Philippine drama series ''[Mara Clara (1992 TV series)](/source/Mara_Clara)'' and ''[Mara Clara (2010 TV series)](/source/Mara_Clara_(2010_TV_series))''
*[Mara Jade](/source/Mara_Jade), in the Star Wars Expanded Universe
*Mara Sewell, a fictional [character in ''The Shield''](/source/List_of_The_Shield_characters)
*Mara Wade, title character of ''[Mara of the Wilderness](/source/Mara_of_the_Wilderness)''
*Mara Forest, main player character of ''[Crow Country](/source/Crow_Country)''

===Other uses in arts and entertainment===
*[Mara the Lioness](/source/Mara_the_Lioness), an animal actor
*[''Mara'' (album)](/source/Mara_(album)), a 1995 album by Scottish band Runrig
*''[Mara (film)](/source/Mara_(film))'', a 2018 American supernatural horror film starring Olga Kurylenko
*''[Maara](/source/Maara)'', a 2021 Indian film by Dhilip Kumar
*''Mara'', an 1894 novel by [Ioan Slavici](/source/Ioan_Slavici)
*[Dance Club Mara](/source/Dance_Club_Mara), a formation dance team, Minsk, Belarus

==Cultural and language groupings==
*[Mara (Tagin)](/source/Mara_(Tagin)), a tribe in Arunachal Pradesh
*[Mara language](/source/Mara_language), a language spoken by the Mara people of India and Burma
**[Mara people](/source/Mara_people)
*[Maric languages](/source/Maric_languages), a group of Aboriginal Australian languages also known as Mara or Maran
*[Marra language](/source/Marra_language), an Aboriginal Australian language (also known as Mara)
**[Marra people](/source/Marra_people), an Aboriginal Australian people

==Folklore, mythology, and religion==
*[Mara (demon)](/source/Mara_(demon)), in Buddhism
*[Mara (folklore)](/source/Mara_(folklore)), a wraith-like creature in Germanic and Scandinavian folklore
*Mara, anagram of Rama, for [Valmiki](/source/Valmiki) to chant in Hindu mythology
*[Marzanna](/source/Marzanna) or Mara, Slavic goddess
*[Māra](/source/M%C4%81ra), Latvian goddess

==Military and transport==
* [MARA (anti-tank weapon)](/source/MARA_(anti-tank_weapon)), Argentine antitank missile
* Mirage 5P Mara, upgraded [Dassault Mirage 5](/source/Dassault_Mirage_5) aircraft for the Argentine Air Force
* Shell ''Mara'', a [lake tanker](/source/lake_tanker) operated in Lake Maracaibo by Shell Oil
* SS ''Mara'', a lake tanker operated in Lake Maracaibo by Lago Oil and Transport Company

==Organisations==
*[Mara (gang)](/source/Mara_(gang)), a form of gang in the United States, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala
*[Mara Group](/source/Mara_Group), a multinational and multisectoral corporation with roots in East Africa
*[Marathon Digital](/source/Marathon_Digital), an American digital asset technology firm which trades on the Nasdaq as MARA
*[Majlis Amanah Rakyat](/source/Majlis_Amanah_Rakyat) (People's Trust Council), MARA, a Malaysian government agency
*[Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Rural_Affairs), a Chinese central government ministry
*[Migration Agents Registration Authority](/source/Migration_Agents_Registration_Authority), the Australian regulator of migration agents
*[Universiti Teknologi MARA](/source/Universiti_Teknologi_MARA), a public university in Malaysia

==People with the name==
*[Mara (name)](/source/Mara_(name)), list of people with this name
*[Māra (given name)](/source/M%C4%81ra_(given_name)), a Latvian given name
*Mára, the stage name for American musician [Faith Coloccia](/source/Faith_Coloccia) during solo performances
* [Mara (singer)](/source/Mara_(singer)), Russian rock singer
*Mara, ''nom de guerre'' of [Estreya Haim Ovadya](/source/Estreya_Haim_Ovadya), Yugoslavian partisan

==Places==
:''Including geographical features''
*[Mara (torrent)](/source/Mara_(torrent)), a stream of Switzerland and Italy
*[Mara, Aragon](/source/Mara%2C_Aragon), a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
*[Mara, Iran](/source/Mara%2C_Iran), a village in Tehran province 
*[Mara, Isfahan](/source/Mara%2C_Isfahan), a village in Iran
*[Mara, Kerman](/source/Mara%2C_Kerman), a village in Iran
*[Mara, Sardinia](/source/Mara%2C_Sardinia), a commune on the Italian island of Sardinia
*Mara, a small town in the [Bushveld](/source/Bushveld) of South Africa
*Mara, a village in [Desești](/source/Dese%C8%99ti) Commune, Maramureș County, Romania
*Mara, a village in [Tararua District](/source/Tararua_District), part of Wellington Region, New Zealand
*[Mara District](/source/Mara_District), a district in the province of Cotabambas, Apurimac, Peru
*[Mara (Iza)](/source/Mara_(Iza)), a river in northern Romania
*[Mara Lake](/source/Mara_Lake), a lake in British Columbia, Canada
*[Mara Mountain](/source/Mara_Mountain), a mountain in Greenland, and the closest mountain to the North Pole
*[Mara Provincial Park (Ontario)](/source/Mara_Provincial_Park_(Ontario)), a provincial park located near Orillia, Ontario, Canada
*[Mara Provincial Park](/source/Mara_Provincial_Park), a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada
*[Mara Region](/source/Mara_Region), an administrative division in Tanzania
*[Mara River (Nunavut)](/source/Mara_River_(Nunavut)), a river in Canada
*[Mara River](/source/Mara_River), a river of Kenya and Tanzania
*[Măra River](/source/M%C4%83ra_River), a river in Romania
*[Marado](/source/Marado) or Mara Island, South Korea
*[Masai Mara](/source/Masai_Mara), known locally as "The Mara", a reserve in Kenya near the Mara River

==Other uses==
*[Mara (mammal)](/source/Mara_(mammal)), a subfamily of the cavy family
*[MaraDNS](/source/MaraDNS), DNS software
* Mandibular Anterior Repositioning Appliance, an [orthodontic functional appliance](/source/List_of_orthodontic_functional_appliances)

==See also==
*[Mahra (disambiguation)](/source/Mahra_(disambiguation))
*[Marah (disambiguation)](/source/Marah_(disambiguation))
*[Maras (disambiguation)](/source/Maras_(disambiguation))
*[Marra (disambiguation)](/source/Marra_(disambiguation))
*[Maran (disambiguation)](/source/Maran_(disambiguation))

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